Re: [PATCH] x86: call dmi-quirks for HP Laptops after early-quirksare executed

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Oct 22 2008 - 08:55:32 EST



* Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Problems with bogus IRQ0 override of those laptops should be fixed
> with commits
>
> x86: SB600: skip IRQ0 override if it is not routed to INT2 of IOAPIC
> x86: SB450: skip IRQ0 override if it is not routed to INT2 of IOAPIC
>
> that introduce early-quirks based on chipset configuration.
>
> For further information, see
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11516
>
> Instead of removing the related dmi-quirks completely we'd like to
> keep them for (at least) one kernel version -- to double-check whether
> the early-quirks really took effect. But the dmi-quirks need to be
> called after early-quirks are executed. With this patch calling
> sequence for dmi-quirks is changed as follows:
>
> acpi_boot_table_init() (dmi-quirks)
> ...
> early_quirks() (detect bogus IRQ0 override)
> ...
> acpi_boot_init() (late dmi-quirks and setup IO APIC)
>
> Note: Plan is to remove the "late dmi-quirks" with next kernel version.
>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx>

applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Andreas!

Ingo
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