[SRU] [Unstable/OEM-5.14] [PATCH 0/1] Let VMD follow host bridge PCIe settings

Kai-Heng Feng kai.heng.feng at canonical.com
Mon Dec 13 02:07:49 UTC 2021


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1954611

[Impact]
Some platforms have endless AER message floods kernel log, slows done
disk I/O.

[Fix]
Honor BIOS settings to disable AER for Intel VMD.

[Test]
Use dmesg to check kernel log, no more AER message since AER is
disabled.

[Where problem could occur]
The patch copies PCIe settings from host bridge, so some PCIe features
will be disabled as a result. This may not be desirable for some users.

Kai-Heng Feng (1):
  PCI: vmd: Honor ACPI _OSC on PCIe features

 drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

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2.32.0




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