linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86,pci: dmi check for mackpro 2.2 mmconf

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:19:53 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org,
	Jack Howarth <howarth@...mo.msbb.uc.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86,pci: dmi check for mackpro 2.2 mmconf


* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com> wrote:

> > That would make sense, since you're truncating the mmconf range 
> > based on some arbitrary limit.  Even better would be to query the 
> > hardware register which is responsible for the truncation.
> 
> OK
> 
> will rework pci_mmcfg_reject_broken to reduce size and check with 
> is_acpi_reserved/e820_mapped to update end_bus_number

should we apply your current patch (because that is what got tested by 
Jack), with a followup patch - or would you like to send a new patch 
from scratch?

	Ingo
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