Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:27:37 -0500 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] libata changes for v4.10-rc1 |
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 11:04:02AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > I wish that was the case. We've pretty much agreed that we'll want > to implement it as a virtual PCIe root bridge, similar to Intels other > "innovation" VMD that we work around that way. But Intel management > has apparently decided that they don't want to spend more cycles on > this now that Lenovo has an optional BIOS that doesn't force this > broken mode anymore, and no one outside of Intel has enough information > to implement something like this. > > So for now I guess this warning is it, until Intel reconsideres and > spends resources on fixing up the damage their Chipset people caused.
Dang, ah well, this is it then.
Thanks for explaining the situation.
-- tejun
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