linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] PCI mmconfig without ACPI

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Date:	Tue, 5 May 2009 13:32:54 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Ed Swierk <eswierk@...stanetworks.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lenb@...nel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] PCI mmconfig without ACPI

On Tue, 5 May 2009 13:09:30 -0700
Ed Swierk <eswierk@...stanetworks.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Jesse Barnes
> <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> wrote:
> > I'm still a bit dubious about this; does it solve a real issue?  Or
> > just remove the ACPI dependency for its own sake?
> 
> Our products run Linux with a non-ACPI BIOS (Coreboot), so this is not
> just a theoretical issue.

Ah of course, Coreboot.  The patch will need a lot of testing though;
care to send me an updated version so we can get it into linux-next and
have some people try it out?

Thanks,
-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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