Re: [PATCH 02/11] PCI: Try to allocate mem64 above 4G at first

H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-25T20:18:37Z

On 05/25/2012 12:37 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>
> That's goofy. You're proposing to make only x86_64 and x86-PAE try to put
> 64-bit BARs above 4GB. Why should this be specific to x86? I acknowledge
> that there's risk in doing this, but if it's a good idea for x86_64, it
> should also be a good idea for other 64-bit architectures.
>

And so it is (assuming, of course, that we can address that memory.)

-hpa