@@ -754,10 +754,6 @@ static bool vga_arbiter_add_pci_device(struct pci_dev *pdev)
struct pci_dev *bridge;
u16 cmd;
- /* Only deal with VGA class devices */
- if ((pdev->class >> 8) != PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA)
- return false;
-
/* Allocate structure */
vgadev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vga_device), GFP_KERNEL);
if (vgadev == NULL) {
@@ -1493,6 +1489,42 @@ static void vga_arbiter_notify_clients(void)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vga_lock, flags);
}
+/*
+ * The PCI Class Code spec implies that only VGA devices with programming
+ * interface 0x00 can depend on the legacy VGA address range. VGA devices
+ * with programming interface 0x01 are 8514-compatible controllers. Since
+ * VGA devices with programming interface 0x00 is VGA compatible, the 'vga'
+ * suffix here should refer to the VGA-compatible devices after a strict
+ * reading of that specification. But considering the fact that there
+ * probably don't has a 8514-compatible controller that could be used with
+ * upstream kernel anymore, we would like to just ignore the programming
+ * interface byte.
+ *
+ * Besides, there do exist non VGA-compatible display controllers in the
+ * world and hardware vendors may abandon the old VGA standard someday.
+ * The meaning of 'vga' suffix here may change to evolve with time.
+ *
+ * A strict understanding of 'vga' certainly should be VGA-compatible, While
+ * a relaxed understanding of 'vga' would be PCI devices that are able to
+ * display. Currently, we just keep aligned to the previous behavior.
+ * Deal with VGA class devices.
+ */
+static bool pci_dev_is_vga(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+ if ((pdev->class >> 8) == PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA)
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * The PCI_CLASS_NOT_DEFINED_VGA is defined to provide backward
+ * compatibility for devices that were built before the class code
+ * field was defined.
+ */
+ if ((pdev->class >> 8) == PCI_CLASS_NOT_DEFINED_VGA)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
static int pci_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
void *data)
{
@@ -1502,6 +1534,9 @@ static int pci_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
vgaarb_dbg(dev, "%s\n", __func__);
+ if (!pci_dev_is_vga(pdev))
+ return 0;
+
/* For now we're only intereted in devices added and removed. I didn't
* test this thing here, so someone needs to double check for the
* cases of hotplugable vga cards. */
@@ -1534,8 +1569,8 @@ static struct miscdevice vga_arb_device = {
static int __init vga_arb_device_init(void)
{
+ struct pci_dev *pdev = NULL;
int rc;
- struct pci_dev *pdev;
rc = misc_register(&vga_arb_device);
if (rc < 0)
@@ -1543,13 +1578,22 @@ static int __init vga_arb_device_init(void)
bus_register_notifier(&pci_bus_type, &pci_notifier);
- /* We add all PCI devices satisfying VGA class in the arbiter by
- * default */
- pdev = NULL;
- while ((pdev =
- pci_get_subsys(PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
- PCI_ANY_ID, pdev)) != NULL)
- vga_arbiter_add_pci_device(pdev);
+ /*
+ * We add all PCI devices satisfying VGA class in the arbiter
+ * by default, but we ignore the programming interface byte
+ * intentionally.
+ */
+ do {
+ pdev = pci_get_class_masked(PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA << 8, 0xFFFF00, pdev);
+ if (pdev && pci_dev_is_vga(pdev))
+ vga_arbiter_add_pci_device(pdev);
+ } while (pdev);
+
+ do {
+ pdev = pci_get_class_masked(PCI_CLASS_NOT_DEFINED_VGA << 8, 0xFFFF00, pdev);
+ if (pdev && pci_dev_is_vga(pdev))
+ vga_arbiter_add_pci_device(pdev);
+ } while (pdev);
pr_info("loaded\n");
return rc;