* Daniel Yeisley <dan.yeisley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 19:45 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Daniel Yeisley <dan.yeisley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Commit-ID: affd49d36e2e2df4cbb3e07a57db901c23823b6a > > > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/affd49d36e2e2df4cbb3e07a57db901c23823b6a > > > Author: "Daniel Yeisley" <dan.yeisley@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > AuthorDate: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:11:49 -0500 > > > Commit: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> > > > CommitDate: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:32:44 +0100 > > > > > > x86: MSI: check for BIOS assigned addresses > > > > > > Impact: fix ACPI hotplug on certain systems > > > > Note, this commit means that i moved the commit over from > > tip:x86/urgent into tip:x86/apic - i.e. with a 2.6.30 merge > > date. When exactly was this regression introduced? I think this > > code never really accepted the MSI settings from the firmware, > > so changing that behavior might affect a lot of systems. > > > > So i'm uneasy about applying this fix this late in the .29 > > cycle, but marked it for -stable backport so it could hit > > 2.6.29.1 if it stays problem-free. > > > > Ingo > > I initially noticed the problem on a 2.6.18 kernel. ACPI > hotplugging didn't work unless I booted with pci=nomsi. I > don't have a problem with waiting until 2.6.30 to make sure it > is thoroughly tested. Okay - so it's an ancient bug. The current track should thus be fine. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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