linux-kernel - Re: [patch] pci: revert "PCI: remove transparent bridge sizing"

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Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:33:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Gary Hade <garyhade@...ibm.com>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	pm@...ian.org
Subject: Re: [patch] pci: revert "PCI: remove transparent bridge sizing"



On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Gary Hade wrote:
>
> I have a fix for the ThinkPad docking Oops but if the issue being
> discussed here is caused by the transparent bridge sizing removal
> change I totally agree that it should be reverted.  

Ok, I reverted it, but the docking Oops is still interesting, in that it 
implies that some piece of code wasn't exactly robust. I haven't seen the 
patch, but it sounds like that should be fixed independently..

		Linus
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