From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] x86/quirks: Add early quirk to reset Apple AirPort card
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:36:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160614073627.GA8576@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160613144406.GF2658@codeblueprint.co.uk>
* Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jun, at 02:37:26PM, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> >
> > Resetting the card solves the problem at the root and fixes both,
> > the spurious interrupts and the memory corruption.
>
> It also avoids the need to figure out exactly which Boot Services
> regions may have become corrupt.
>
> This would be necessary since you can't keep all Boot Services regions
> reserved because those regions can add up to be many gigabytes in
> size, even on relatively low-end laptops that don't have huge amounts
> of RAM to begin with.
>
> Freeing Boot Services regions is pretty important.
Ok!
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-14 7:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-12 10:31 [PATCH v2 0/3] Reset Apple AirPort card Lukas Wunner
2016-06-12 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] x86/quirks: Add early quirk to reset " Lukas Wunner
2016-06-12 11:49 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-06-12 12:37 ` Lukas Wunner
2016-06-13 14:44 ` Matt Fleming
2016-06-14 7:36 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2016-06-28 13:21 ` Lukas Wunner
2016-07-10 19:01 ` [tip:x86/urgent] " tip-bot for Lukas Wunner
2016-06-12 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] x86/quirks: Reintroduce scanning of secondary buses Lukas Wunner
2016-07-10 19:01 ` [tip:x86/urgent] " tip-bot for Lukas Wunner
2016-06-12 10:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/quirks: Apply nvidia_bugs quirk only on root bus Lukas Wunner
2016-07-10 19:00 ` [tip:x86/urgent] " tip-bot for Lukas Wunner
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