linux-kernel - Re: lk 4.7 regression: EDAC, amd64_edac: Drop pci_register

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Message-ID: <20160615215026.GL30309@pd.tnic>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:50:26 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Tony Battersby <tonyb@...ernetics.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>,
	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: lk 4.7 regression: EDAC, amd64_edac: Drop pci_register_driver()
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 05:43:42PM -0400, Tony Battersby wrote:
> With that patch applied, modprobe amd64_edac_mod correctly reports "No
> such device" and everything is fine.

Good, thanks!

I'll add your Tested-by to the fix, if you don't mind.

> I also get a new line in dmesg on boot:
> 
> amd_nb: Cannot enumerate AMD northbridges

Yeah, comes from init_amd_nbs(). I guess I can remove that pr_notice()
as it is unnecessary noise on distro kernels which enable AMD_NB.

> You might want to consider using -ENODEV instead of -1 for callers such
> as init_amd_nbs() that use the error value.

Yeah, already changed to -ENODEV :-)

Thanks for reporting and testing!

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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