linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: MMCONF enable MCFG early

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Message-id: <200801161626.19991.yinghai.lu@sun.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:26:19 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: MMCONF enable MCFG early

On Wednesday 16 January 2008 02:09:02 pm Yinghai Lu wrote:
> [PATCH] x86: MMCONF enable MCFG early
> 
> patch
> 	x86: validate against ACPI motherboard resources
> 
> changed the mmconf init sequence, and init MMCONF late in acpi_init.
> 
> here change it back to old sequence
> 1. check hostbridge in early
> 2. check MCFG with e820 in early
> 3. if all fail, will check MCFg with acpi _CRS in acpi_init
> 
> So we can make MCONF working again when acpi=off is set if hostbridge support that.
> 

Ingo,
it seems you removed
> patch
> 	x86: validate against ACPI motherboard resources
last night. 

was it dropped?

YH
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