Re: [PATCH] ipmi:pci: Blacklist a Realtek "IPMI" device

[Corey Minyard]

On 03/13/2018 02:27 AM, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:50 AM,  <minyard@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Realtek has some sort of "Virtual" IPMI device on the PCI bus as a
> > KCS controller, but whatever it is, it's not one.  Ignore it if seen.
> >
> > Reported-by: Chris Chiu <chiu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > I haven't heard anything from you on this.  Here is a patch that should
> > blacklist that device, though I don't have a way to easily test it.
> > If you would prefer this, could you test it?
> Sorry for the slow response, and thanks for the patch!
>
> We have tested it here and it seems to be working fine now - the IPMI
> stuff no longer initializes system interfaces, and hence doesn't get
> in the way when going into suspend or reboot later.

Ok, thanks, I will add it with a "Tested-by" from you, if that is ok.

-corey

> This is a consumer desktop platform, so if some kind of IPMI
> functionality is really present in the hardware then it is not really
> going to be relevant for the ordinary user. So it should be fine to
> just ignore the hardware as you have done.
>
> Thanks
> Daniel