Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 May 2010 12:28:11 -0700 | From | Jesse Barnes <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 1/1] x86 pci: Add option to not assign BAR's if not already assigned |
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On Fri, 28 May 2010 10:10:16 -0700 Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
> > > 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?
Applied to my linux-next branch, thanks.
-- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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