From: Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] quiet MMCONFIG related printks
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 10:36:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070102103602.28a873ea@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200701012101.38427.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 21:01:38 -0800
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> wrote:
> Using MMCONFIG for PCI config space access is simply an optimization, not
> a requirement. Therefore, when it can't be used, there's no need for
Some hardware reqires MCFG. In addition this is an error, a real error on
the vendors part or ours and could indicate there are many other BIOS
problems outstanding.
We shouldn't keep quiet about serious errors in tables, we need people to
know and be able to take appropriate action (eg new BIOSen, refusing
certifications etc).
NAK
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-02 10:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-02 5:01 [PATCH] quiet MMCONFIG related printks Jesse Barnes
2007-01-02 10:36 ` Alan [this message]
2007-01-02 16:37 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-01-03 13:52 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-01-03 13:53 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-01-03 16:49 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-01-03 17:01 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-01-03 19:29 ` Stephen Clark
2007-01-03 17:20 ` Jesse Barnes
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