From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 12:03:50 -0400 From: Paul Gortmaker To: Alan Cox CC: , Subject: Re: [34-longterm 179/179] x86/PCI: do not tie MSI MS-7253 use_crs quirk to BIOS version Message-ID: <20120515160350.GB17760@windriver.com> References: <1337048075-6132-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <1337048075-6132-180-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <20120515154455.39cfbad2@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> <20120515154743.04879bde@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120515154743.04879bde@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: [Re: [34-longterm 179/179] x86/PCI: do not tie MSI MS-7253 use_crs quirk to BIOS version] On 15/05/2012 (Tue 15:47) Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2012 15:44:55 +0100 > Alan Cox wrote: > > > O> MS-7253, for which we already have a quirk, but the short-sighted > > > author tied the quirk to a single BIOS version, making it not kick in > > > > It's our usual policy to tie to particular BIOS versions because these > > things are often BIOS specific and come and go with updates. > > Doh ignore that, the point is valid but not in a -longterm context The prefix "34-longterm" isn't as clear as it was before we went to 3.0 so I'll change it to "2.6.34-stable" for next time. We've stopped separating longterm from stable on the server anyways. Thanks, Paul.