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Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 12:09:20 +0200 (CEST)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: amd: don't load pinctrl-amd on Gigabyte AM4
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On Thu, 25 May 2017, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:

> On Gigabyte AM4 boards, pinctrl-amd generates tons of irq, makes the
> system not able to boot properly.
> 
> Don't load the module until Gigabyte fixes the issue.

NAK. 

That's the completely wrong approach. This crap will surface on a gazillion
of other boards and will hit users faster than you can keep that DMI list
up to date.

There is a proper solution to this problem:

http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1705232307330.2409@nanos

Thanks,

	tglx