Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: RFC: Changes for PCI | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2001 18:01:27 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> beyond 256 physical busses in 2.4? Maybe not. But it is a simple > change and it does work and it works around the existing drivers which > compare busid+devfn for uniqueness when they really should compare > pci_dev pointers. Should it be redone the correct way (domains) in
I think it might be better to fix the needed drivers. I suspect ppc64 isnt going to need that man drivers handle with initially
> The patch does not handle the user mode case. This leaves the X server > broken. We could probably weed out busses beyond 256 under > /proc/bus/pci as a workaround -- meaning the video adapter (if any -- > rare in these boxes) must be in one of the first I/O drawers.
Or scan the busses for video cards and number those busses 0,1,2... then number the rest. Ugly but probably best for 2.4
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