Re: platform/x86: p2sb: Allow p2sb_bar() calls during PCI device probe

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Nov 18 2024 - 11:09:03 EST


On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 05:00:52PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> On 18-Nov-24 4:55 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> Agreed, still I'm not sure how I feel about us hiding the previously unhidden P2SB.
>
> OTOH I guess it may have only been unhidden in the BIOS to make the hack they
> are using possible in the first place.

Yeah, sounds like this, because the whole dance with this hiding-unhiding
is due to the Windows yellow bang, due to no driver for the thingy, and
scared users. Reference BIOS should hide it by default when giving a control
to the bootloader and OS.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko