Re: [PATCH] fix x86 DMI checks for PCI quirks

From: Matt Domsch
Date: Fri May 02 2008 - 07:56:46 EST


On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 04:23:13AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2008 21:54:27 -0500
> Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This patch moves the DMI tests into its own file, arch/x86/pci/dmi.c,
> > and invokes them via subsys_initcall() before pci_acpi_init(),
> > pci_legacy_init(), and pcibios_init() are called, which may rely upon
> > these tests having been executed.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> can we name this file something with "quirks" in it (dmi_quirks.c or
> so)? At least I tend to look for files named like that when searching
> for places that do specific hardware/machine based workarounds...

sure, the file name matters not much to me in this regard, and I can
see your point.

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Matt Domsch
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