Re: [PATCH] x86, HPET: ignore any PCI BARs that match an HPET wealready know about

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 09/22/2010 02:52 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 
> It really doesn't look like Windows, and therefore BIOS writers,
> share your expectations about PCI BARs in E820 reserved areas.
> It's likely still *safe* to make them fixed resources, but we might
> be able to fix more issues if we knew how Windows avoids the problem.
> 

*Which Windows*!?  Each version of Windows works differently, with
different quirks and bugs, and the BIOS vendors only ever test the
currently shipping version (except sometimes on server boards.)

	-hpa
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