Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:24:16 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH]PCI Express Port Bus Driver |
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On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 10:15:30AM -0800, Nguyen, Tom L wrote: > Friday, December 17, 2004 4:06 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > Hm, I get a oops message at boot time, on a non-pci express box, with > > PCI_GOMMCONFIG enabled and your patch. Something down in the ACPI > > subsystem. > > > > Have you tested this kind of configuration? > With PCI_GOMMCONFIG enabled and PCIE Port Bus driver included, I got > kernel > panic at boot time on a non-pci express box. Similar to your case, I > observed something down in the ACPI subsystem. I tested the other case > where the kernel is built with PCI_GOMMCONFIG and without PCIE Port > Bus driver being included, same kernel panic occurred at boot time. I > tested > another case where the kernel is built with PCI_GOANY and with PCIE Port > > Bus driver being included, the kernel boots fine. Based on these test > results, > it seems that PCI_GOMMCONFIG, not PCIE Port Bus driver, is a root cause > of kernel panic. > > > I'll hold off on applying the patch for now due to this :) > It seems that it is ok to apply the patch for now. What do you think?
I think you might want to either get the PCI_GOANY code to work with the pci express driver, or fix up the PCI_GOMMCONFIG case in the acpi code, as no distro will ever enable PCI_GOMMCONFIG in the current case :)
Sound ok?
thanks,
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