Re: [PATCH] pci: increase alignment to make more space for hidden code

From: Ricardo Jorge da Fonseca Marques Ferreira
Date: Tue Oct 13 2009 - 15:10:36 EST


On Tuesday 13 October 2009, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> If anybody can try this, I'd really appreciate it. Here's what I would
> like to see:
>
> - start with a current git tree (I used 2caa731819a633be)
> - apply the patch below
> - turn on CONFIG_PCI_DEBUG
> - boot with "pci=earlydump", collect dmesg
> - boot with "pci=earlydump,use_crs", collect dmesg
> - boot Windows, collect Device Manager resources for 00:1c.4 and
> 07:00.0

I just did what you requested and added the attachments to the original
bugreport. I couldn't boot Windows because i don't have it installed anywhere
in the laptop.

Booting both latest and 2.6.31 with pci=use_crs, fixes the problem.
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