Re: [patch 2/2] x86_64: Collect host bridge resources

[Ivan Kokshaysky]

On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 02:05:27PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> How about you allocate an extended structure with kmalloc in this case?

This would lead to quite a few changes in the PCI subsystem.
Looks good as a long-term solution though.

> Or if it is only 6 ranges max (it is not, is it?) you could extend
> the array.
> 
> I doubt this information will need *that* much memory, so it should
> be reasonable to just teach the PCI subsystem about it.

Agreed. As a bonus, extending the PCI_BUS_NUM_RESOURCES to 6 would
cleanly resolve problems with "transparent" PCI bridges - the bus
might have 3 "native" + 3 parent bus ranges in that case.

Ivan.
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