Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753672Ab0LQQSg (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:18:36 -0500 Received: from ausxippc101.us.dell.com ([143.166.85.207]:54877 "EHLO ausxippc101.us.dell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751917Ab0LQQSf convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:18:35 -0500 X-Loopcount0: from 10.170.28.39 From: To: , CC: , , Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:17:29 -0800 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable pci=bfsort by default on future Dell systems Thread-Topic: [PATCH] Enable pci=bfsort by default on future Dell systems Thread-Index: AcueBeb13z1+0/pnT+qvDUBtsK0noQ== Message-ID: <20101217161102.GA32069@fedora-14-r710.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com> References: <20101214175048.GC31345@fedora-14-r710.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com> In-Reply-To: <20101214175048.GC31345@fedora-14-r710.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: user-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1633 Lines: 42 On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:21:19PM +0530, K, Narendra wrote: > Hello, > > This patch enables pci=bfsort by default on future Dell systems. > Please consider for inclusion if acceptable. > > From: Jordan Hargrave > Subject: [PATCH] Enable pci=bfsort by default on future Dell systems > > This patch enables pci=bfsort by default on future Dell systems. > It reads SMBIOS type 0xB1 vendor specific record and sets pci=bfsort accordingly. > > Offset Name Length Value Description > > 04 Flags0 Word Varies Bits 9-10 > - 10:9 = 00 Unknown > - 10:9 = 01 Breadth First > - 10:9 = 10 Depth First > - 10:9 = 11 Reserved > > 1. Any time pci=bfsort has to be enabled on a system, we need to add the model > number of the system to the white list. With this patch, that is not required. > > 2. Typically, model number has to be added to the white list when the system is > under development. With this change, that is not required. > > Signed-off-by: Jordan Hargrave > Signed-off-by: Narendra K > --- Hello Jesse, Please let us know if there are any concerns with this patch. If the patch is acceptable, please consider it for inclusion. With regards, Narendra K -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/