Hi Arun,
> "lspci -vvv" for Qlogic Fibre Channel HBA 1077:2261 displays
> "Vital Product Data" as "Not readable" today and thus preventing
> customers from getting relevant HBA information. Fix it by removing
> the blacklist quirk.
>
> The VPD quirk was added by [0] to avoid a system NMI; this issue has
> been long fixed in the HBA firmware. In addition, PCI also has changes
> to check the VPD size [1], so this quirk can be reverted now regardless
> of a firmware update.
>
> Some more details can be found in the following thread:
> "VPD blacklist of Marvell QLogic 1077/2261" [2].
>
> [0] 0d5370d1d852 ("PCI: Prevent VPD access for QLogic ISP2722")
> [1] 104daa71b396 ("PCI: Determine actual VPD size on first access")
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/alpine.LRH.2.21.9999.2012161641230.28924@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
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Looks good! Assuming that this won't break QLogic ISP2722 with older
firmware, like you say, it's a nice fix.
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@xxxxxxxxx>
Krzysztof
