Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:36:55 +0100 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: [patch] Make MMCONFIG space (extended PCI config space) a driver opt-in issue |
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Hello!
> it's not "just a couple of chipsets", it's actually > * a whole lot of bioses > * at least one whole CPU generation > * .. > * .. > > Do you really want to code all of that into your userspace access code as well?
No, I certainly don't. But I expect this to be handled reasonably in the kernel.
If I understand the proposed patch correctly, it's only swepping the problem under the carpet -- if you have one of the malfunctioning systems and you happen to load a driver which wants to use the extended config space, it crashes anyway.
Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://mj.ucw.cz/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth It said, "Insert disk #3," but only two will fit!
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