Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 May 2010 10:10:16 -0700 | From | Mike Travis <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 1/1] x86 pci: Add option to not assign BAR's if not already assigned |
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H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 05/28/2010 09:53 AM, Mike Travis wrote: >> Any further consideration for this patch, or has it been rejected? > > Well, it's really up to Jesse, but as far as I can see, this patch is a > net loss of functionality and doesn't actually add anything. Without > this patch, some resources that were not assigned by BIOS will be > unreachable. With this patch, *all* resources that were not assigned by > BIOS will be unreachable... > > -hpa >
Apparently you're missing the point of the patch? The patch is needed because BIOS is purposely not assigning I/O BAR's to devices that won't use them, freeing up the resource for devices that do need them. Where is the "all" resources that are not reachable?
Thanks, Mike
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