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SubjectRe: [patch] Make MMCONFIG space (extended PCI config space) a driver opt-in issue
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:54:37 -0700
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 06:47:19AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > Do you hate the name or the concept? I'm certainly open for a
> > better name....
>
> I hate the concept. We should just fall back to type1 accesses on
> mmconfig machines for all accesses below 64 bytes, as Ivan suggested.

I assume you meant 256 not 64;

even then.. it's technically not correct; you're not supposed to mix access types for the same device..
Just doing opt-in also allows us to do quirks (forbid access) as well.


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