linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: add kernel config option for disabling common PCI quirks

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:11:25 +0100
From:   John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: add kernel config option for disabling common PCI
 quirks



On 21/12/2016 13:22, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 08:53:04AM +0100, John Crispin wrote:
>> This patch has been lingering inside the OpenWrt for some years. I am not
>> sure if this is the best way to remove the quirks from the build. Let me
>> know if you prefer a different way of solving this.
> 
> As a start negative options (_DISABLE_) are very confusing, I would
> recommend to turn this into a postive option with a default y.
> 
> On what grounds did you decide which quirks to keep and which to
> remove?
> 

Hi Christoph,

I can turn it into an enable patch that is selected by default.

The current patch disables all those quirks that are used for x86/PC
style machines and hence are not required in the embedded world.

	John