> -----Original Message----- > From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2017 10:30 PM > To: K, Narendra <Narendra_K@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: jdelvare@xxxxxxx; x86@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Hargrave, > Jordan <Jordan_Hargrave@xxxxxxxx>; Iyer, Shyam > <Shyam_Iyer@xxxxxxxx>; bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: dmi type 0xB1 record - unknown flag [...] > > The value 0x00 is not a valid value. When the flag is 0x00, the sort > > method will be the default that is decided by the kernel. > > > > There is no additional handling required for such a system. > > That was added by 6e8af08dfa40 ("PCI: enable pci=bfsort by default on > future Dell systems"). > > The fact that BIOS supplied a B1 record with an unknown value (0) looks like a > Dell BIOS defect, which is ironic, considering that Dell added this thing in the > first place. > > I think we should remove the message, since it is alarming to users and they > can't do anything about it anyway. > Hi Bjorn, Thank you for the feedback. We will submit a patch to remove the message. With regards, Narendra K
