RE: [PATCH for 2.6.17] [3/5] i386/x86_64: Force pci=noacpi on HP XW9300

[Brown, Len]

>The system has multiple PCI segments and we don't handle that properly
>yet in PCI and ACPI. Short term before this is fixed blacklist it to
>pci=noacpi.

I'm okay with the patch, but it makes me wonder...

Is this the 1st/only system Linux has run on with multiple PCI segments?
What are your expectations for where "short-term" ends and "long-term"
begins?

thanks,
-Len
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