linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: Always set prefetchable base/limit upper32 registers

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Message-ID: <1259617437.8949.282.camel@8530w.home>
Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:43:57 -0700
From:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...com>
To:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>
Cc:	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, yinghai@...nel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: Always set prefetchable base/limit upper32
 registers

On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 14:42 -0700, Grant Grundler wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 02:22:53PM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> > index cb1a027..127d759 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> > @@ -221,11 +221,9 @@ static void pci_setup_bridge(struct pci_bus *bus)
> >  	}
> >  	pci_write_config_dword(bridge, PCI_PREF_MEMORY_BASE, l);
> >  
> > -	if (pref_mem64) {
> > -		/* Set the upper 32 bits of PREF base & limit. */
> > -		pci_write_config_dword(bridge, PCI_PREF_BASE_UPPER32, bu);
> > -		pci_write_config_dword(bridge, PCI_PREF_LIMIT_UPPER32, lu);
> > -	}
> 
> Why not remove all references to pref_mem64?
> This was the only use AFAICT.

Ah, good point, I'll send a v2.  Thanks Grant.

Alex

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