Re: [Patch 1/1] x86 pci: Add option to not assign BAR's if notalready assigned

[Jesse Barnes]

On Fri, 28 May 2010 10:10:16 -0700
Mike Travis <travis@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > On 05/28/2010 09:53 AM, Mike Travis wrote:
> >> Any further consideration for this patch, or has it been rejected?
> > 
> > Well, it's really up to Jesse, but as far as I can see, this patch is a
> > net loss of functionality and doesn't actually add anything.  Without
> > this patch, some resources that were not assigned by BIOS will be
> > unreachable.  With this patch, *all* resources that were not assigned by
> > BIOS will be unreachable...
> > 
> > 	-hpa
> > 
> 
> Apparently you're missing the point of the patch?  The patch is needed
> because BIOS is purposely not assigning I/O BAR's to devices that won't
> use them, freeing up the resource for devices that do need them.  Where
> is the "all" resources that are not reachable?

Applied to my linux-next branch, thanks.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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