Where do MSI quirks belong? [patch]
John Polstra
jdp at polstra.com
Mon Dec 11 15:32:21 PST 2006
On 11-Dec-2006 Andre Oppermann wrote:
> IIRC it is not only a chipset problem but also sometimes how a MSI capable
> chipset is wired on the mainboard.
I agree, that is probably the case. The pci_get_msi_global_quirks
function is intended to be open-ended in the sense that it should do
whatever it needs to do to figure out whether the system as a whole
can support MSI or not. The function comment mentions checking kenv
strings as an example. At this point I don't know all of the other
checks that need to be done, but they should all fit into that
function.
> So some probing would have to be done as well.
Actual probing might be risky. On my Tyan 2721 motherboard, enabling
MSI wedges the system solid, requiring a HW reset to recover.
John
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