From: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@hotmail.com>,
"venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com" <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>,
"markh@compro.net" <markh@compro.net>,
"dmarkh@cfl.rr.com" <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com>,
"andi@firstfloor.org" <andi@firstfloor.org>,
"alain@knaff.lu" <alain@knaff.lu>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Disable HPET MSI on ATI SB700/SB800
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 18:46:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100517164644.GW5888@alberich.amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005170811400.4195@i5.linux-foundation.org>
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:12:59AM -0400, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 17 May 2010, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> >
> > FYI. I've tried to trigger the publication of errata information for that
> > chipset. Finally this has happened.
> >
> > The discussed problem is indeed due to an erratum. See erratum #27 in
> > http://support.amd.com/us/Embedded_TechDocs/46837.pdf
> >
> > The suggested workaround for this is to disable HPET MSI if LPC
> > devices are used. I doubt that there is a convenient way for Linux to
> > find out whether LPC devices are used. Thus I think the only solution
> > to safely avoid the problem is the currently implemented quirk to
> > disable HPET MSI on this chipset.
>
> Goodie. It would be good to point this out in the source too. Would you be
> willing to send in a patch that documents this quirk as a result of that
> erratum #27, so that we don't lose sight of why we're doing that odd MSI
> disable?
Done that.
See http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127411462230838
Andreas
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2009-12-17 17:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-17 18:21 ` DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-17 20:46 ` DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 (Was: Re: [Fdutils] Cannot format floppies under kernel 2.6.*?) Alain Knaff
2009-12-17 21:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-17 22:11 ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-17 22:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-17 23:24 ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-18 8:59 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-18 10:55 ` [Fdutils] DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 (Was: " Mark Hounschell
2009-12-18 15:01 ` [Fdutils] DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-18 15:22 ` [Fdutils] DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 (Was: Re: Cannot format floppies under kernel 2.6.*?) Linus Torvalds
2009-12-18 15:28 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-18 15:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-18 20:04 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-18 20:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-22 15:11 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-22 17:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-22 17:57 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-22 23:37 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23 0:22 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 13:02 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 15:10 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23 15:34 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 15:57 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 16:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-23 16:38 ` [Fdutils] DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 Andi Kleen
2009-12-23 16:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-23 17:08 ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-25 12:21 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-12-25 20:33 ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-26 9:38 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-12-26 16:40 ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-27 12:28 ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-28 1:54 ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-28 10:27 ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-28 14:54 ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-27 11:09 ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-28 20:54 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 17:19 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23 17:16 ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-23 20:11 ` alain
2009-12-23 17:41 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 18:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-23 18:11 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 19:18 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23 19:35 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 20:30 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23 20:34 ` alain
2009-12-23 21:34 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-08 17:42 ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-12 0:19 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-12 9:04 ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-15 2:01 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-15 9:39 ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-15 18:02 ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-21 19:09 ` [PATCH] x86: Disable HPET MSI on ATI SB700/SB800 Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-22 22:00 ` [tip:x86/urgent] " tip-bot for Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-23 6:51 ` tip-bot for Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-23 7:21 ` [PATCH] " Yuhong Bao
2010-01-25 17:10 ` Andreas Herrmann
2010-01-28 9:17 ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-28 13:25 ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-28 13:41 ` Borislav Petkov
2010-01-28 14:45 ` Mark Hounschell
2010-05-17 14:59 ` Andreas Herrmann
2010-05-17 15:10 ` Yuhong Bao
2010-05-17 15:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-17 16:46 ` Andreas Herrmann [this message]
2010-05-18 0:56 ` Robert Hancock
2010-05-18 1:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-18 1:06 ` Robert Hancock
2010-05-18 8:45 ` Andi Kleen
2010-05-18 23:22 ` Robert Hancock
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