Re: [PATCH] i386/x86_64: Insert HPET firmware resource afterPCI enumeration has completed

[Matthias Lenk]

Andi, Aaron,
I retested the patch with Andi's patch not reverted (that's the way it's 
meant to be I guess) and then it works! I can now boot with HPET enabled.

Thanks,

Matthias

Matthias Lenk wrote:
> Aaron, I tested the patch on my affected system and unfortunately it 
> did not work. The BAR1 resource still gets overridden and hence the 
> same effects as before.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthias
>
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Friday 06 July 2007 00:27:24 Aaron Durbin wrote:
> >  
> > > Insert HPET resources after pci probing has been completed in order 
> > > to avoid
> > > resource conflicts with PCI resource reservation. With this change the
> > > HPET firmware resources will be identified, but it should also not 
> > > cause
> > > issues when the HPET address falls on a BAR in a PCI device, and the 
> > > PCI
> > > enumeration cannot reserve the resources.
> > >     
> >
> > But what advantage does it have when it's already reserved by PCI?
> >
> > That's only a cosmetic change, isn't it?  A lot of code for cosmetics.
> >
> > -Andi
> >
> >
> >   




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