linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #24392] AGP aperture disabled, worked in 2.6.35

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Date:	Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:42:00 +0300
From:	Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon@...il.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.com>,
	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>,
	Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>,
	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bug #24392] AGP aperture disabled, worked in 2.6.35

Hi,

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:14 -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24392
> > First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/linus/96576a9e1a0cdb8a43d3af5846be0948f52b4460
...
> That's kind of ugly because it's an exception to the normal "call
> pci_enable_device() first" rule, and it leads to bogus "conflicts"
> like this:

I don't understand rationale, but if standard enable-before-use breaks
the boot then explicit comment _why_ do it is necessary here.


Thanks,

-- 
Vasiliy
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