linux-kernel - Re: [34-longterm 179/179] x86/PCI: do not tie MSI MS-7253 use

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Message-ID: <20120515154743.04879bde@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 15:47:43 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>, <stable@...nel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [34-longterm 179/179] x86/PCI: do not tie MSI MS-7253 use_crs
 quirk to BIOS version

On Tue, 15 May 2012 15:44:55 +0100
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> O> MS-7253, for which we already have a quirk, but the short-sighted
> > author tied the quirk to a single BIOS version, making it not kick in
> 
> It's our usual policy to tie to particular BIOS versions because these
> things are often BIOS specific and come and go with updates.

Doh ignore that, the point is valid but not in a -longterm context
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