Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 May 2008 16:45:42 -0600 | From | Grant Grundler <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: early dump pci conf space v3 |
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On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:48:54PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote: > > so we can printout pci config before kernel touch it > v3: change to pci=early_config_dump ... > Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -1570,6 +1570,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. > cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is > reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory > window. The default value is 64 megabytes. > + early_config_dump [X86] print out pci config space > + registers early before kernel touch any
A bit of wordsmithing here:
early_config_dump [X86] print out pci config space registers before the kernel touches any PCI resources. This can help determine what PCI quirks need to do to compensate for broken BIOS.
Rest of the patch: Acked-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
thanks, grant
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