linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: amd: don't load pinctrl-amd on Gigabyte AM4 boards

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1705261206180.1902@nanos>
Date:   Fri, 26 May 2017 12:09:20 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
cc:     linus.walleij@...aro.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: amd: don't load pinctrl-amd on Gigabyte AM4
 boards

On Thu, 25 May 2017, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:

> On Gigabyte AM4 boards, pinctrl-amd generates tons of irq, makes the
> system not able to boot properly.
> 
> Don't load the module until Gigabyte fixes the issue.

NAK. 

That's the completely wrong approach. This crap will surface on a gazillion
of other boards and will hit users faster than you can keep that DMI list
up to date.

There is a proper solution to this problem:

http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1705232307330.2409@nanos

Thanks,

	tglx