[PATCH 1/2, pci] pci: Addition of PCI_DEV_FLAGS_QUIET_PCI_REALIGN attribute to the PCI subsystem

Desnes Augusto Nunes do Rosário desnesn at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Mar 15 08:12:23 AEDT 2018


On 03/14/2018 03:55 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

>>> As far as I'm concerned, we can just remove these messages completely.
>>> I don't think there's any real value there.
>>
>> After I found out that this was happening to all PCI devices on powerpc due
>> to the __weak
>> pcibios_default_alignment() interface (necessary for VFIO passthrough and
>> performance), I confess that this was my first approach to this matter;
>> however I couldn't vouch the need of these messages on other architectures.
>>
>> If there are no further concerns, I definitely prefer sending a second
>> version of this patch only eliminating these messages and attesting the
>> reason why.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your review Bjorn,
> 
> No problem, welcome to PCI, and I hope we see more of your work!

Bjorn,

Awesome! A second version of this fix has been sent with a new title: 
"[PATCH, pci, v2] pci: Delete PCI disabling informational messages"

Thanks for the review and warm welcome!

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Desnes A. Nunes do Rosário
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