linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5 v2] PCI: make SRIOV resources optional

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Date:	Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:34:45 +0200
From:	Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
CC:	Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	yinghai@...nel.org, bhutchings@...arflare.com, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
	linux@...inikbrodowski.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5 v2] PCI: make SRIOV resources optional

On 06.07.2011 19:48, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:01:33 +0200
> Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 01.07.2011 01:47, Ram Pai wrote:
>>> From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
>>>
>>> From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
>>>
>>> Allocate resources to SRIOV BARs only after all other required
>>> resource-requests are satisfied. Dont retry if resource allocation for SRIOV
>>> BARs fail.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
>>
>> Tested-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>
>>
>> I applied the whole patchset and it looks very similar to the dmsg output
>> before the problematic commit that caused the regression.
> 
> Ok Oliver, can I ask you to test one more tree?  We'll shoot for
> including Ram's patches in -next, but I've just included his other
> patch to disable the new realloc code by default for the current
> kernel.  Can you give my for-linus tree a try and make sure it gives
> you back the old behavior?  Thanks a lot for your diligent testing so
> far.

I can confirm that it has the exact pci assignments as it had before.

I'll send you the dmesg output in a separate mail.

Best regards,
Oliver

> 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 is the
> tree, then check out the "for-linus" branch.
> 
> Thanks,

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