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Message-ID: <49B850F7.90401@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:01:59 -0600
From: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
To: protagora27 protagora27 <protagora27@...il.com>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pci express bar over 4gb
protagora27 protagora27 wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> I have intel desktop board dx48bt2. I'm developing sw under linux
> 2.6.24 x86_64 for a pci express card ( pci express 2.0 compliant).
> I have to setup pci bar over 4 gb but bios uses value e0000000 as base
> address for pcie boards.
> I have seen that pciexbar is a register ( x48 chipset) that decides
> where pcie boards are mapped inside memory map.
No, the PCIEXBAR register controls where the MMCONFIG aperture is mapped
in memory. (It's a rather unfortunate name, I think, as it doesn't
really have anything to do with PCI Express other than that you need to
use MMCONFIG to access PCI Express extended configuration space).
> My goal is rewriting pcibar 0 e pcibar 1 with a value above 4gb. Maybe
> I have to rewrite pciexbar and then rewrite pci bar in my board.
> Questions:
> 1) can I rewrite pciexbar and where ?
> 2) can i rewrite pcibar 0 and 1 with a value over 4 gb
> 3) If i change bar 0 and bar 1 after linux startup have i to use hotplugging ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Luca
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