Re: [bug] PCI hotplug, ibmphp_access_ebda: WARNING: atarch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:182 __ioremap_caller+0x2d1/0x340()

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Saturday, July 26, 2008 6:15 am Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > FYI, -tip testing triggered the new warning below on a testbox. I
> > suspect it's related to recent commits in drivers/pci/hotplug/.
> > I'm wondering, why does a driver map the EBDA? That's a really lowlevel
> > thing.
> 
> AFAICT, this driver digs around in there for hotplug controller 
> configuration (cc'ing Greg since he appears to be one of the original 
> authors).  It's a custom platform driver too, that may be the only 
> method available there.  Is there a shadow copy of the EDBA somewhere 
> we should be using instead?

not that i know of, but it could be provided i guess. Enumerating and 
making all hw configuration data available reliably would be a plus i 
guess.

	Ingo
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