linux-kernel - Re: One problem in reassign pci bus number?

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Date:	Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:01:25 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Richard Yang <weiyang@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: One problem in reassign pci bus number?

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Richard Yang
<weiyang@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 04:36:33PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>
>>kernel will try to probe in [1,15] at first, and could extend B1 range
>>to [1, 31] if needed.
> Hmm... when do you think this branch will be merged to the mainstream?
>>

not sure. could be 3.7

Bjorn still think that probe_resource is too complicated.

So i still need to find some time to simplify it.
or need to route that attached patch through Andrew or get Ack from
Andrew or Linus.

Thanks

Yinghai

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