Re: [PATCH 2/2] PCI: Only enable realloc auto when root bus has 64bit mmio

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Mon Dec 09 2013 - 16:06:19 EST


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I agree. I didn't say it would be simple. The quick fix would
>> be easy for now, but adding nonsensical code makes our lives harder
>> long into the future.
>
> If the old kernel is working, and user update kernel then we should
> not request them to append "pci=realloc=off" for booting.

I agree. I would just prefer a better fix.

Bjorn
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