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DateMon, 24 Dec 2007 06:54:30 -0500
FromJeff Garzik <>
SubjectRe: [patch] Make MMCONFIG space (extended PCI config space) a driver opt-in issue
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> I can see the point of having a sysfs attribute to enable MMCONF from userspace, so
> that userland diagnostics tools can turn it on if they really really want to.
> (I'd make that printk a nice warning "application XYZ is enabling extended config space for devize ABC" so
> that if the box then crashes and burns, people know who/why and where to direct their emails ;-)
> 
> We did something similar for "enable", it's maybe 10 lines of code or so.
> 
> I would assume lspci and friends would then only turn that on at explicit admin request

Absolutely...  I'm not asking to default it on, just asking for it to be 
possible :)

	Jeff




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