Re: [PATCH v2] ipmi:pci: Blacklist a Realtek "IPMI" device

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 05:44:57PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:58:26 -0600
> 
> [ upstream commit bc48fa1b9d3b04106055b27078da824cd209865a ]
> 
> 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>
> Tested-by: Daniel Drake <drake@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [ Commit 13d0b35c (ipmi_si: Move PCI setup to another file) from Linux
>   4.15-rc1 has not been back ported, so the PCI code is still in
>   `drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c`, requiring to apply the commit
>   manually.
> 
>   This fixes a 100 s boot delay on the HP EliteDesk 705 G4 MT with Linux
>   4.14.94. ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> v2: Use tabs. Sorry for messing that up.

That worked, thanks.

greg k-h