Re: [patch 2.6.12 (repost w/ corrected subject)] pci: restore BAR values in pci_enable_device_bars

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Tue Jul 05 2005 - 15:09:36 EST


On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 09:09:13AM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> The PCI subsystem is incomplete for 64-bit BAR support. What it does
> do though is ensure that 64-bit BARs will work correctly in a 32-bit
> system. Therefore, I think that folk who want 64-bit BAR support to
> work need to do some code reviews on the PCI subsystem to resolve the
> remaining issues.

64-bit BARs work fine on 64-bit machines. I'm ambivalent whether we
ought to support 64-bit BARs on 32-bit machines.

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