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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	danders@circuitco.com, vishal.l.verma@intel.com,
	"linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] pci: Add CircuitCo VENDOR ID and MinnowBoard DEVICE ID
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:49:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51CB61DC.9030800@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAErSpo6Dss9hj33QRP-Leob05WT-uN-MWUAZBfh+VDtUvCWNkA@mail.gmail.com>

On 06/26/2013 02:46 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>
>> Microsoft has a "best practices" document, which may end up becoming
>> basis for a future PCI-SIG document clarifying the standard:
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463287.aspx
> 
> Interesting, thanks for the link.  If I read that correctly, the
> MinnowBoard is basically a motherboard, and any board layout change or
> component value change will require a new Subsystem ID, which will in
> turn require a pch_gbe update.  That doesn't sound optimal, but maybe
> people don't actually interpret it that strictly.
> 

It could be interpreted that literally, yes.  This is part of why a
"subsystem" isn't necessarily forced to be a "board".

	-hpa



      reply	other threads:[~2013-06-26 21:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <cover.1372211451.git.dvhart@linux.intel.com>
2013-06-26  1:53 ` [PATCH 7/8] pci: Add CircuitCo VENDOR ID and MinnowBoard DEVICE ID Darren Hart
2013-06-26 16:32   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-06-26 17:15     ` Darren Hart
2013-06-26 19:37       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-06-26 21:16         ` Darren Hart
2013-06-26 21:30           ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-06-26 21:30         ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-26 21:46           ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-06-26 21:49             ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]

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