linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ipmi:pci: Blacklist a Realtek "IPMI" device

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Message-ID: <20190124175331.GC7484@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:53:31 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, it+lkml@...gen.mpg.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ipmi:pci: Blacklist a Realtek "IPMI" device

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 05:44:57PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>
> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:58:26 -0600
> 
> [ upstream commit bc48fa1b9d3b04106055b27078da824cd209865a ]
> 
> Realtek has some sort of "Virtual" IPMI device on the PCI bus as a
> KCS controller, but whatever it is, it's not one.  Ignore it if seen.
> 
> Reported-by: Chris Chiu <chiu@...lessm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>
> Tested-by: Daniel Drake <drake@...lessm.com>
> 
> [ Commit 13d0b35c (ipmi_si: Move PCI setup to another file) from Linux
>   4.15-rc1 has not been back ported, so the PCI code is still in
>   `drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c`, requiring to apply the commit
>   manually.
> 
>   This fixes a 100 s boot delay on the HP EliteDesk 705 G4 MT with Linux
>   4.14.94. ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
> ---
> 
> v2: Use tabs. Sorry for messing that up.

That worked, thanks.

greg k-h