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diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 33453d56c386..2959c88a37a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,12 @@ static int i915_driver_init_hw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
* get lost on g4x as well, and interrupt delivery seems to stay
* properly dead afterwards. So we'll just disable them for all
* pre-gen5 chipsets.
+ *
+ * dp aux and gmbus irq on gen4 seems to be able to generate legacy
+ * interrupts even when in MSI mode. This results in spurious
+ * interrupt warnings if the legacy irq no. is shared with another
+ * device. The kernel then disables that interrupt source and so
+ * prevents the other device from working properly.
*/
if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 5) {
if (pci_enable_msi(pdev) < 0)