Re: [RFC patch] return early if all dmar HW unit ignored

From: Luming Yu
Date: Mon Aug 10 2009 - 05:22:13 EST


On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Luming Yu<luming.yu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:13 PM, David Woodhouse<dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 14:21 +0800, Luming Yu wrote:
>>>
>>> But I don't know why I were seeing faults if all dmar units were
>>> ignored? Surely that shouldn't happen? Will double check and
>>> investigate.
>>
>> It shouldn't happen -- I suspect that you didn't actually mark them
>> _all_ ignored? What happens if you modify my patch just to mark the
>> offending unit as ignored, but don't also apply your patch? Does it boot

I guess no but will check for sure tomorrow.


>> then?
>
> Just with your patch, it boot without any problem.
> Add my patch in the thread, it boots too, and I see total 4 entries parsed...
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