RE: [PATCH v1 3/5] ipmi: remove unused PCI probe coded

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Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> The original 5-patch series leaves the PCI base address alone.  That's
> the same as the old behavior for HP devices, and we verified that it
> works on an HP DL380G6 by disabling SMBIOS/SMPI/PNP detection.  (We
> also verified that, as you would expect, it did NOT work if we increment
> the base address).
...
> So the question is what to do about non-HP PCI IPMI interfaces.  The
> pre-b0defcdbd2b7d code increments the base address, but that's been
> gone for several years.  Since we've had no complaints, and we don't
> know about any non-HP PCI interfaces, I propose that we just remove
> that HP-specific adjustment completely, i.e., use this series as-is.

Much older HP systems had a PCI SMIC interface.  Are you
sure those haven't been broken somewhere along the way?

(Please don't say "we don't care about things that old".)

>Bela<--
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