From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264377AbUEXVEq (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 17:04:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264278AbUEXVEq (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 17:04:46 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:51431 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264377AbUEXVDZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 17:03:25 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 14:02:27 -0700 From: Greg KH To: marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] PCI Express patches for 2.4.27-pre3 Message-ID: <20040524210227.GC5532@kroah.com> References: <20040524210146.GA5532@kroah.com> <20040524210205.GB5532@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040524210205.GB5532@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ChangeSet 1.1428, 2004/05/24 13:33:53-07:00, blujuice@us.ibm.com [PATCH] PCI: PCI Express help in 2.4 Here is a patch for describing PCI access mode - help in 2.4. This aligns the help with what is in 2.6. Documentation/Configure.help | 13 +++++++------ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -Nru a/Documentation/Configure.help b/Documentation/Configure.help --- a/Documentation/Configure.help Mon May 24 13:52:08 2004 +++ b/Documentation/Configure.help Mon May 24 13:52:08 2004 @@ -4236,12 +4236,13 @@ PCI-based systems don't have any BIOS at all. Linux can also try to detect the PCI hardware directly without using the BIOS. - With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the PCI - devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used, if you choose - "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you choose "Any", the - kernel will try the direct access method and falls back to the BIOS - if that doesn't work. If unsure, go with the default, which is - "Any". + With this option, you can specify how Linux should detect the + PCI devices. If you choose "BIOS", the BIOS will be used, + if you choose "Direct", the BIOS won't be used, and if you + choose "MMConfig", then PCI Express MMCONFIG will be used. + If you choose "Any", the kernel will try MMCONFIG, then the + direct access method and falls back to the BIOS if that doesn't + work. If unsure, go with the default, which is "Any". PCI device name database CONFIG_PCI_NAMES