Re: [patch] Make MMCONFIG space (extended PCI config space) adriver opt-in issue

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:54:37 -0700
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 06:47:19AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > Do you hate the name or the concept? I'm certainly open for a
> > better name.... 
> 
> I hate the concept.  We should just fall back to type1 accesses on
> mmconfig machines for all accesses below 64 bytes, as Ivan suggested.

I assume you meant 256 not 64;

even then.. it's technically not correct; you're not supposed to mix access types for the same device..
Just doing opt-in also allows us to do quirks (forbid access) as well.


-- 
If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For development, discussion and tips for power savings, 
visit http://www.lesswatts.org
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/