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x86/Kconfig: Make CONFIG_PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK depend on X86_32
I was unable to find a good description of the ServerWorks CNB20LE chipset. However, it was probably exclusively used with the Pentium III processor (this CPU model was used in all references to it that I found where the CPU model was provided: dmesgs in [1] and [2]; [3] page 2; [4]-[7]). As is widely known, the Pentium III processor did not support the 64-bit mode, support for which was introduced by Intel a couple of years later. So it is safe to assume that no systems with the CNB20LE chipset have amd64 and the CONFIG_PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK may now depend on X86_32. Additionally, I have determined that most computers with the CNB20LE chipset did have ACPI support and this driver was inactive on them. I have submitted a patch to remove this driver, but it was met with resistance [8]. [1] Jim Studt, Re: Problem with ServerWorks CNB20LE and lost interrupts Linux Kernel Mailing List, https://lkml.org/lkml/2002/1/11/111 [2] RedHat Bug 665109 - e100 problems on old Compaq Proliant DL320 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665109 [3] R. Hughes-Jones, S. Dallison, G. Fairey, Performance Measurements on Gigabit Ethernet NICs and Server Quality Motherboards, http://datatag.web.cern.ch/papers/pfldnet2003-rhj.doc [4] "Hardware for Linux", Probe #d6b5151873 of Intel STL2-bd A28808-302 Desktop Computer (STL2) https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=d6b5151873 [5] "Hardware for Linux", Probe #0b5d843f10 of Compaq ProLiant DL380 https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=0b5d843f10 [6] Ubuntu Forums, Dell Poweredge 2400 - Adaptec SCSI Bus AIC-7880 https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1689552 [7] Ira W. Snyder, "BISECTED: 2.6.35 (and -git) fail to boot: APIC problems" https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/13/220 [8] Bjorn Helgaas, "Re: [PATCH] x86/pci: drop ServerWorks / Broadcom CNB20LE PCI host bridge driver" https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220318165535.GA840063@bhelgaas/T/ Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@o2.pl> Signed-off-by: David Heideberg <david@ixit.cz> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250321-x86_x2apic-v3-6-b0cbaa6fa338@ixit.cz
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arch/x86/Kconfig

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@@ -2929,13 +2929,21 @@ config MMCONF_FAM10H
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depends on X86_64 && PCI_MMCONFIG && ACPI
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config PCI_CNB20LE_QUIRK
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bool "Read CNB20LE Host Bridge Windows" if EXPERT
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depends on PCI
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bool "Read PCI host bridge windows from the CNB20LE chipset" if EXPERT
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depends on X86_32 && PCI
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help
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Read the PCI windows out of the CNB20LE host bridge. This allows
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PCI hotplug to work on systems with the CNB20LE chipset which do
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not have ACPI.
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The ServerWorks (later Broadcom) CNB20LE was a chipset designed
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most probably only for Pentium III.
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To find out if you have such a chipset, search for a PCI device with
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1166:0009 PCI IDs, for example by executing
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lspci -nn | grep '1166:0009'
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The code is inactive if there is none.
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There's no public spec for this chipset, and this functionality
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is known to be incomplete.
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