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    [PATCH] pciehp: clean-up how we request control of hotplug hardware · a3a45ec8
    rajesh.shah@intel.com authored
    This patch further tweaks how we request control of hotplug
    controller hardware from BIOS. We first search the ACPI namespace
    corresponding to a specific hotplug controller looking for an
    _OSC or OSHP method. On failure, we successively move to the
    ACPI parent object, till we hit the highest level host bridge
    in the hierarchy. This allows for different types of BIOS's
    which place the _OSC/OSHP methods at various places in the acpi
    namespace, while still not encroaching on the namespace of
    some other root level host bridge.
    
    This patch also introduces a new load time option (pciehp_force)
    that allows us to bypass all _OSC/OSHP checking. Not supporting
    these methods seems to be be the most common ACPI firmware problem
    we've run into. This will still _not_ allow the pciehp driver to
    work correctly if the BIOS really doesn't support pciehp (i.e. if
    it doesn't generate a hotplug interrupt). Use this option with
    caution.  Some BIOS's may deliberately not build any _OSC/OSHP
    methods to make sure it retains control the hotplug hardware.
    Using the pciehp_force parameter for such systems can lead to
    two separate entities trying to control the same hardware.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRajesh Shah <rajesh.shah@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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