Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755715Ab0LQSHJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:07:09 -0500 Received: from oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com ([69.89.21.8]:54247 "HELO oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755642Ab0LQSHF (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:07:05 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=virtuousgeek.org; h=Received:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Identified-User; b=Qk0tjT7eKs/sHVBG987JA4BDRvXGpE6vpgzVKpUpQQOoq7ssBp/t0DEyh5bZbeBaCZs1kC/YtWu/N220aKmnWg28/AL85F8gqziqvZYf43OGpbHAkrOwbpvmTO/JbNpx; Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:06:00 -0800 From: Jesse Barnes To: Cc: , , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable pci=bfsort by default on future Dell systems Message-ID: <20101217100600.42b17b94@jbarnes-desktop> In-Reply-To: <20101217161102.GA32069@fedora-14-r710.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com> References: <20101214175048.GC31345@fedora-14-r710.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com> <20101217161102.GA32069@fedora-14-r710.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.9; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {10642:box514.bluehost.com:virtuous:virtuousgeek.org} {sentby:smtp auth 67.174.193.198 authed with jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org} Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1872 Lines: 48 On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:17:29 -0800 wrote: > 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. Yeah, I don't have a problem with it; I'll queue it up in the -next branch. -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- 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/