linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] PCI Hotplug: workaround for Thunderbolt on Intel DZ77RE-75K motherboard

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwpQA9xFOLxayO8sNtjaTug+uGTzXxuthxrbQZwOfvf0A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:54:33 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Miles J Penner <miles.j.penner@...el.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	Tushar N Dave <tushar.n.dave@...el.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Amos Kong <kongjianjun@...il.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] PCI Hotplug: workaround for Thunderbolt on Intel
 DZ77RE-75K motherboard

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov
<kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> PCI rescan is expensive and generate noise in dmesg. We'll end up with
> tons of useless messages.

So?

That's still better than adding random DMI string checks.

And christ, this is at hotplug time only. Nobody cares.

            Linus
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