linux-kernel - RE: [PATCHv2] pci: Update VPD size with correct length

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Date:	Thu, 17 Dec 2015 05:25:27 +0000
From:	"Seymour, Shane M" <shane.seymour@....com>
To:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
CC:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCHv2] pci: Update VPD size with correct length

> The only 'error' cases I've encountered so far is a read of all zeroes (and a
> halting the machine once you've read beyond a certain point) or a read of
> 0xff throughout the entire area. So that approach would work for both of them.

I should add that I'd tested the previous patch and this patch. I'll retest once v3 is available.

I have a card that repeats the vpd data every 4k for all 32k. The patch as it stands truncates that to just the valid data and lspci -vvvv shows the vpd data correctly.
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