linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] cxl/mem: Demarcate vendor specific capability IDs

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Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:29:47 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, Linux PCI <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Weiny, Ira" <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Vishal L Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        "Schofield, Alison" <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] cxl/mem: Demarcate vendor specific capability IDs

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 4:26 PM Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Vendor capabilities occupy 0x8000 to 0xFFFF according to CXL 2.0 spec
> 8.2.8.2.1 CXL Device Capabilities. While they are not defined by the
> spec, they are allowed and not "unknown". Call this detail out in the
> logs to let users easily distinguish the difference.
>
> Fixes: 8adaf747c9f0b ("cxl/mem: Find device capabilities")

Would need the abbrev length fixup if this was a fix, but I don't
think I can justify this to Linus as a fix v5.12. It's new development
for the next merge window.

Same comment for patch2.