Re: [PATCH] x86, HPET: ignore any PCI BARs that match an HPET we already know about

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Wednesday, September 22, 2010 02:15:47 pm Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 
> We often discover the HPET early, via the static ACPI HPET table, before
> enumerating PCI devices.  If the HPET is implemented as a PCI function,
> we will discover it again during PCI device enumeration.  We must ignore
> the PCI function so we don't inadvertently move it out from under the
> driver.
> 
> I think it's better to ignore *any* PCI BAR that matches a previously
> discovered HPET; that way we don't need platform-specific knowledge,
> and we won't have to add more quirks for future machines.
> 
> This is for a regression from 2.6.34, but the reporter has been
> unable to test it yet.
> 
> Reference: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18482

I've tried hard to find somebody who can test this, but nobody who
can reproduce the original failure has been able to test it.  I
propose that we put it in linux-next and see what happens there.

Bjorn
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