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Message-ID: <B28E9812BAF6E2498B7EC5C427F293A401CA541E@orsmsx415.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:57 -0800
From:	"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
To:	"Aaron Young" <ayoung@...gle.engr.sgi.com>
Cc:	"John Keller" <jpk@....com>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<ayoung@....com>, <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Alexey Starikovskiy" <alexey.y.starikovskiy@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] -  increase acpi owner_id max

OK, I missed that.

Can you give us some idea of just how many SSDTs this machine loads?

Does it dynamically delete SSDTs also?

Thanks,
Bob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Young [mailto:ayoung@...gle.engr.sgi.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:03 PM
> To: Moore, Robert
> Cc: John Keller; linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org; ayoung@....com; linux-
> ia64@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Alexey
Starikovskiy;
> Brown, Len
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] - increase acpi owner_id max
> 
> >
> > The OwnerId field within a namespace node is 8 bits, and this is the
> > main constraint on the maximum OwnerId. You can't simply bump up the
> > number of owner ids without changing this field.
> 
>   Isn't this accomplished with the mod to aclocal.h below - i.e.
>   by making a acpi_owner_id a u16 instead of a u8?:
> 
>  -typedef u8 acpi_owner_id;
>  -#define ACPI_OWNER_ID_MAX               0xFF
>  +typedef u16 acpi_owner_id;
>  +#define ACPI_OWNER_ID_MAX               0x3FF
> 
> >
> > If we need more than 255 owner Ids, the width of this field will
have to
> > be increased, or we will need to use a pointer for the field in
order to
> > maintain a linked list of all nodes owned by a particular owner.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: linux-acpi-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi-
> > > owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of John Keller
> > > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:40 PM
> > > To: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
> > > Cc: ayoung@....com; linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> > > kernel@...r.kernel.org; John Keller
> > > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] - increase acpi owner_id max
> > >
> > > To support systems with large IO configurations,
> > > this patch increases the number of available ACPI
> > > owner ids to 1023.
> > >
> > > On SN platforms, we represent every populated root
> > > bus slot with an ACPI SSDT table containing info
> > > for every device and PPB attached to the slot.
> > > Each SSDT requires a unique ACPI owner id.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: John Keller <jpk@....com>
> > > ---
> > >
> > >  drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c |    6 +++---
> > >  include/acpi/acconfig.h         |    4 ++--
> > >  include/acpi/aclocal.h          |    4 ++--
> > >  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > >
> > >
> > > Index: linux/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
> > >
===================================================================
> > > --- linux.orig/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c	2007-01-25
> > > 11:27:25.509259412 -0600
> > > +++ linux/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c	2007-01-26
> > 13:16:09.551081284 -
> > > 0600
> > > @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_allocate_owner_id(ac
> > >  				/*
> > >  				 * Construct encoded ID from the index
> > and bit
> > > position
> > >  				 *
> > > -				 * Note: Last [j].k (bit 255) is never
> > used and is
> > > marked
> > > +				 * Note: Last [j].k (bit 1023) is never
> > used and
> > > is marked
> > >  				 * permanently allocated (prevents +1
> > overflow)
> > >  				 */
> > >  				*owner_id =
> > > @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_allocate_owner_id(ac
> > >  	 */
> > >  	status = AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT;
> > >  	ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
> > > -		    "Could not allocate new OwnerId (255 max),
> > > AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT"));
> > > +		    "Could not allocate new OwnerId (1023 max),
> > > AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT"));
> > >
> > >        exit:
> > >  	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_CACHES);
> > > @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_allocate_owner_id(ac
> > >   *              control method or unloading a table. Either way,
we
> > would
> > >   *              ignore any error anyway.
> > >   *
> > > - * DESCRIPTION: Release a table or method owner ID.  Valid IDs
are 1
> > -
> > > 255
> > > + * DESCRIPTION: Release a table or method owner ID.  Valid IDs
are 1
> > -
> > > 1023
> > >   *
> > >
> > >
> >
************************************************************************
> > **
> > > ****/
> > >
> > > Index: linux/include/acpi/acconfig.h
> > >
===================================================================
> > > --- linux.orig/include/acpi/acconfig.h	2007-01-25
> > 11:27:25.577267818 -
> > > 0600
> > > +++ linux/include/acpi/acconfig.h	2007-01-26 13:17:14.111002597
> > -0600
> > > @@ -111,9 +111,9 @@
> > >
> > >  #define ACPI_SYSMEM_REGION_WINDOW_SIZE  4096
> > >
> > > -/* owner_id tracking. 8 entries allows for 255 owner_ids */
> > > +/* owner_id tracking. 32 entries allow for 1023 owner_ids */
> > >
> > > -#define ACPI_NUM_OWNERID_MASKS          8
> > > +#define ACPI_NUM_OWNERID_MASKS		32
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
/***********************************************************************
> > **
> > > *****
> > >   *
> > > Index: linux/include/acpi/aclocal.h
> > >
===================================================================
> > > --- linux.orig/include/acpi/aclocal.h	2007-01-25
11:27:25.585268807 -
> > > 0600
> > > +++ linux/include/acpi/aclocal.h	2007-01-26 13:20:06.148115848
> > -0600
> > > @@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ static char *acpi_gbl_mutex_names[ACPI_N
> > >
> > >  /* Owner IDs are used to track namespace nodes for selective
deletion
> > */
> > >
> > > -typedef u8 acpi_owner_id;
> > > -#define ACPI_OWNER_ID_MAX               0xFF
> > > +typedef u16 acpi_owner_id;
> > > +#define ACPI_OWNER_ID_MAX               0x3FF
> > >
> > >  /* This Thread ID means that the mutex is not in use (unlocked)
*/
> > >
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