From: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@redhat.com>
To: lenb@kernel.org
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org, JBeulich@novell.com,
Olaf.Dabrunz@gmx.net, mingo@elte.hu, bjorn.helgaas@hp.com,
tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5 v2] x86: boot interrupt reroute fix
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:19:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D00F392.7060009@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101202153344.29125.86670.sendpatchset@localhost6.localdomain6>
On 02.12.2010 16:33, Stefan Assmann wrote:
> During the 2.6.29 merge parts of e1d3a90846b40ad3160bf4b648d36c6badad39ac got
> lost because of other ACPI changes. This patchset gets the reroute code working
> again with the current ACPI code. As suggested by Ingo Molnar the missing boot
> interrupt reroute parts are re-added in separate files.
> Therefore some smaller changes to the ACPI and PCI code are necessary to allow
> the boot interrupt reroute code to access required structures and functionality.
> In detail, the reroute code requires access to:
> - struct acpi_prt_entry
> - pci_find_upstream_pcie_bridge()
>
> Additionally to not change any information in the global acpi_prt_list it is
> desirable to have acpi_pci_irq_find_prt_entry() return a pointer to a copy of
> a struct acpi_prt_entry instead of pointer into the global acpi_prt_list. The
> callers of acpi_pci_irq_find_prt_entry() have been updated to free the
> allocated structure as well.
>
> By request of Bjorn Helgaas I've created a bugzilla entry at
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21882
> to gather information about the boot interrupt reroute problem.
>
> Jesse Barnes suggested to integrate the changes through the ACPI tree.
>
> v2:
> - split pci_find_upstream_pcie_bridge() changes into separate patches
ping?
Stefan
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-09 15:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-02 15:33 [PATCH 0/5 v2] x86: boot interrupt reroute fix Stefan Assmann
2010-12-02 15:33 ` [PATCH 1/5 v2] ACPI: move struct acpi_prt_entry to actbl1.h Stefan Assmann
2010-12-02 15:33 ` [PATCH 2/5 v2] ACPI: make acpi_pci_irq_find_prt_entry return a copy of a prt_entry Stefan Assmann
2010-12-02 15:33 ` [PATCH 3/5 v2] PCI: Add locking to pci_find_upstream_pcie_bridge() Stefan Assmann
2010-12-02 15:33 ` [PATCH 4/5 v2] PCI: Add header declaration for pci_find_upstream_pcie_bridge() Stefan Assmann
2010-12-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 5/5 v2] PCI, ACPI: re-add boot interrupt reroute code in separate files Stefan Assmann
2010-12-09 15:19 ` Stefan Assmann [this message]
2011-01-11 10:38 ` [PATCH 0/5 v2] x86: boot interrupt reroute fix Stefan Assmann
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