1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index 092330208869..7422c7652845 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -925,6 +925,27 @@ static struct miscdevice  mei_misc_device = {
 };
 
 /**
+ * mei_quirk_probe - probe for devices that doesn't valid ME interface
+ * @pdev: PCI device structure
+ * @ent: entry into pci_device_table
+ *
+ * returns true if ME Interface is valid, false otherwise
+ */
+static bool __devinit mei_quirk_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
+                                const struct pci_device_id *ent)
+{
+        u32 reg;
+        if (ent->device == MEI_DEV_ID_PBG_1) {
+                pci_read_config_dword(pdev, 0x48, &reg);
+                /* make sure that bit 9 is up and bit 10 is down */
+                if ((reg & 0x600) == 0x200) {
+                        dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Device doesn't have valid ME Interface\n");
+                        return false;
+                }
+        }
+        return true;
+}
+/**
  * mei_probe - Device Initialization Routine
  *
  * @pdev: PCI device structure
@@ -939,6 +960,12 @@ static int __devinit mei_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         int err;
 
         mutex_lock(&mei_mutex);
+
+        if (!mei_quirk_probe(pdev, ent)) {
+                err = -ENODEV;
+                goto end;
+        }
+
         if (mei_device) {
                 err = -EEXIST;
                 goto end;