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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: Add pci=safemode option
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On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 09:41:33PM -0700, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> Bjorn and I discussed the need for such a "safe" mode feature when you
> want to bring up PCI for a platform. You want to turn off everything as
> a starter and just stick to bare minimum.

Can we please make it a config option the instead of adding code
to every kernel?  Also maybe the bringup should be in the name
to make this more clear?