linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add force of use MMCONFIG [try #1]

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Message-Id: <20060724213339.2646435c.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:33:39 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Edgar Hucek <hostmaster@...soft.at>
Cc:	torvalds@...l.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add force of use MMCONFIG [try #1]

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:00:21 +0200
Edgar Hucek <hostmaster@...soft.at> wrote:

> This Patch add force for mmconfig.
> On Intel Macs the efi firmaware gives
> a different memory map then ACPI_MCFG
> provides. This makes the chack wether
> to use mmconfig or not fail.

Why do we want to do this?  Are the ACPI-provided tables incorrect?  If so,
what problems are caused by this?

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