Re: [PATCH 1/2] ehci: fix Lucid nohandoff pci quirk to be more generic with BIOS versions

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On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 05:39:28PM +0200, Anisse Astier wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 13:00:23 -0400 (EDT), Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote :
> 
> > On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Anisse Astier wrote:
> > 
> > > > How about matching any BIOS from Lucid, regardless of the board name?
> > > 
> > > I was just being conservative. Lucid is a common english word, and you
> > > never know how another company could name their BIOS. Or maybe pegatron
> > > could decide to fix their BIOS on different boards.
> > > 
> > > I personally have no objection if you think it won't step on other
> > > people's toes.
> > 
> > Heh, I have no idea.  If you have a device with a Lucid BIOS then 
> > you're closer to the problem than I am.  :-)
> > 
> > My feeling is to go with your revised patch.  If it turns out later
> > that some Lucid BIOSes do need the handoff, the code can be changed
> > then.
> 
> Ok, let's go. I doubt pegatron would provide an update anyway on a 2 years
> old hardware, and we'll see about other vendors.

As this is only referring to a specific board, I don't have a problem
changing the check in this manner.  I'll go apply this patch now.

thanks,

greg k-h
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