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SubjectRe: [PATCH v9 00/11] vgaarb: Rework default VGA device selection
On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 04:15:23PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 04:47:42PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> >
> > Current default VGA device selection fails in some cases because part of it
> > is done in the vga_arb_device_init() subsys_initcall, and some arches
> > enumerate PCI devices in pcibios_init(), which runs *after* that.
> >
> > The big change from the v8 posting is that this moves vgaarb.c from
> > drivers/gpu/vga to drivers/pci because it really has nothing to do with
> > GPUs or DRM.
>
> I provisionally applied this to pci/vga and put it into -next just
> to get a little runtime on it.
>
> But I'd prefer not to unilaterally yank this out of drivers/gpu
> without a consensus from the GPU folks that this is the right thing to
> do.
>
> Any thoughts? If it seems OK to you, I think patch 1/11 (the move
> itself) is all you would need to look at, although of course I would
> still be grateful for any review and feedback on the rest.
>
> After it's in drivers/pci, all the blame for any issues would come my
> way.

Ping? This has been in -next since the Feb 28 tree, and I plan to
ask Linus to include it during the v5.18 merge window (which will
probably open Mar 13) unless somebody objects.

Bjorn

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