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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 3522723eb6b..7522bd5f94d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1526,8 +1526,17 @@ static int try_init_acpi(int intf_num, struct smi_info **new_info)
info->irq_setup = NULL;
}
- regspacings[intf_num] = spmi->addr.register_bit_width / 8;
- info->io.regspacing = spmi->addr.register_bit_width / 8;
+ if (spmi->addr.register_bit_width) {
+ /* A (hopefully) properly formed register bit width. */
+ regspacings[intf_num] = spmi->addr.register_bit_width / 8;
+ info->io.regspacing = spmi->addr.register_bit_width / 8;
+ } else {
+ /* Some broken systems get this wrong and set the value
+ * to zero. Assume it is the default spacing. If that
+ * is wrong, too bad, the vendor should fix the tables. */
+ regspacings[intf_num] = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
+ info->io.regspacing = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
+ }
regsizes[intf_num] = regspacings[intf_num];
info->io.regsize = regsizes[intf_num];
regshifts[intf_num] = spmi->addr.register_bit_offset;