Re: [PATCH] i386/x86_64: Insert HPET firmware resource after PCI enumeration has completed

Andi Kleen
2007-07-06T10:59:58Z

On Friday 06 July 2007 00:27:24 Aaron Durbin wrote:
>
> Insert HPET resources after pci probing has been completed in order to avoid
> resource conflicts with PCI resource reservation. With this change the
> HPET firmware resources will be identified, but it should also not cause
> issues when the HPET address falls on a BAR in a PCI device, and the PCI
> enumeration cannot reserve the resources.

But what advantage does it have when it's already reserved by PCI?

That's only a cosmetic change, isn't it? A lot of code for cosmetics.

-Andi