Re: Linux 2.6.31-rc4: strange change in iomem allocation

[Frans Pop]

On Thursday 23 July 2009, Frans Pop wrote:
> I'm seeing the following change in dmesg between -rc3 and -rc4:
> -system 00:0c: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec000ff has been reserved
> +system 00:0c: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec000ff could not be reserved
>
> There is nothing in the earlier part of dmesg that would explain this
> change.
>
> The change is also visible in /proc/iomem:
>  fec00000-fec00fff : IOAPIC 0
>    fec00000-fec00fff : reserved
> -    fec00000-fec000ff : pnp 00:0c
>
> I somewhat suspect 857fdc53a0a90c3ba7fcf5b1fb4c7a62ae03cf82:
>     x86/pci: insert ioapic resource before assigning unassigned resources

Reverting that commit did indeed restore the old situation.
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