Re: [PATCHv8 0/5] Driver for new "VMD" device

From: Keith Busch
Date: Thu Feb 25 2016 - 09:50:27 EST


On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 08:42:19AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 06:24:00PM +0000, Keith Busch wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 04:10:24PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > + /*
> > > + * If the window is below 4GB, clear IORESOURCE_MEM_64 so we can
> > > + * put 32-bit resources in the window.
> > > + *
> > > + * There's no hardware reason why a 64-bit window *couldn't*
> > > + * contain a 32-bit resource, but pbus_size_mem() computes the
> > > + * bridge window size assuming a 64-bit window will contain no
> > > + * 32-bit resources. __pci_assign_resource() enforces that
> > > + * artificial restriction to make sure everything will fit.
> > > + */
> >
> > This sounds good to me. Thanks!
> >
> > > res = &vmd->dev->resource[VMD_MEMBAR1];
> > > upper_bits = upper_32_bits(res->end);
> > > flags = res->flags & ~IORESOURCE_SIZEALIGN;
>
> Can you prepare a patch, that adds both comments, please? (The one
> about how we assume BIOS assigns the BAR below 4GB, and the one I
> drafted above.)

Yep, will send it out be end of today.