On 17.12.2020 21:59, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> This quirk was added in 2008 [0] when we didn't have the logic yet to
> determine VPD size based on checking for the VPD end tag. Now that we
> have this logic [1] and don't read beyond the end tag this quirk can
> be removed.
>
> [0] 99cb233d60cb ("PCI: Limit VPD read/write lengths for Broadcom 5706, 5708, 5709 rev.")
> [1] 104daa71b396 ("PCI: Determine actual VPD size on first access")
>
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx>
This VPD patch and a handful more are still sitting in patchwork as "new".
I'm inquiring because I have a bigger series of VPD refactoring in my tree
and wonder whether there's a chance to get it into 5.12
(being at 5.11-rc6 already).
