Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:19:42 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [Regression] PCI resources allocation problem on HP nx6325 |
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On Sun, 2 Aug 2009, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > It *might* break HP's ia64 machines. I have this feeling that the serial > ports may be claimed in the resource tree before the PCI resources are > claimed (and then they need to nest under a PCI bus). > > How about this variant which will insert_resource for _bus_ resources, > but request_resource for _device_ resources?
Ugh. Please no. Hackery like this will just lead to unmaintainable crud in the long run. Can you just fix ia64 instead? The firmware resources should be added _after_ the PCI resource tree has been walked, not before.
Linus
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