linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/11] PCI: Try to allocate mem64 above 4G at first

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Date:	Tue, 29 May 2012 10:57:29 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Newbury <steve@...wbury.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] PCI: Try to allocate mem64 above 4G at first

On 05/29/2012 10:55 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 
> x86 are using 16bits.
> 
> some others use 32 bits.
> #define IO_SPACE_LIMIT 0xffffffff
> 
> ia64 and sparc are using 64bits.
> #define IO_SPACE_LIMIT               0xffffffffffffffffUL
> 
> but pci only support 16bits and 32bits.
> 
> maybe later we can add
> PCI_MAX_RESOURCE_16
> 
> to handle 16bits and 32bit io ports.
> 

Shouldn't this be dealt by root port apertures?

	-hpa
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