Re: [Proposal]Another way to save/restore PCI config space for suspend/resume

Karol Kozimor
2004-10-26T09:06:29Z

Thus wrote Arjan van de Ven:
> > What this comes down to is that extended config space is device-specific.
> > Generic solutions will fail. Only device drivers will work.
> >
> > If there are no drivers for PCI bridges to properly save/restore
> > their config space, then should create them, even if this is all the
> > drivers do.
> note that by default, if there is no driver, the first 64 bytes of
> config space are saved/restored.

That's not enough -- some devices with no drivers (think LPC bridges) might
need more (see http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3609).
Best regards,

--
Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor
sziwan-DETuoxkZsSqrDJvtcaxF/A@public.gmane.org

-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal
Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us
Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more