linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] PCI fixes for v3.19

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Message-ID: <CA+8MBbJHsh5U7FJMVDGY9tpidKCcgQS2xyFxdh1CyEfENGMbNw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:27:19 -0800
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
	Richard Zhu <Richard.Zhu@...escale.com>,
	Marek Kordik <kordikmarek@...il.com>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@...enet.de>,
	Alexey Voronkov <zermond@...il.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] PCI fixes for v3.19

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:03 AM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com> wrote:
> Just to make sure we're planning the same thing, I expect that we will
> fix or workaround both issues so it works just as well as v3.18 by the
> time v3.19 is released.  This is a system in the field, and we should
> be able to figure out how to deal with the broken firmware.  Asking
> users to upgrade their firmware is not the solution I'm looking for.

Good to hear.  BIOS in this machine is dated May, 2010 ... I doubt I could
find anyone who still remembers how to build a BIOS for it, let alone has
any motivation to actually do it.

-Tony
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