Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ipmi:pci: Blacklist a Realtek "IPMI" device | From | Corey Minyard <> | Date | Tue, 13 Mar 2018 06:59:11 -0500 |
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On 03/13/2018 02:27 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:50 AM, <minyard@acm.org> wrote: >> From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> >> >> Realtek has some sort of "Virtual" IPMI device on the PCI bus as a >> KCS controller, but whatever it is, it's not one. Ignore it if seen. >> >> Reported-by: Chris Chiu <chiu@endlessm.com> >> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> >> --- >> >> I haven't heard anything from you on this. Here is a patch that should >> blacklist that device, though I don't have a way to easily test it. >> If you would prefer this, could you test it? > Sorry for the slow response, and thanks for the patch! > > We have tested it here and it seems to be working fine now - the IPMI > stuff no longer initializes system interfaces, and hence doesn't get > in the way when going into suspend or reboot later.
Ok, thanks, I will add it with a "Tested-by" from you, if that is ok.
-corey
> > This is a consumer desktop platform, so if some kind of IPMI > functionality is really present in the hardware then it is not really > going to be relevant for the ordinary user. So it should be fine to > just ignore the hardware as you have done. > > Thanks > Daniel
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