Re: [PATCH] PCI: boot parameter to avoid expansion ROM memory allocation

[Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com>]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:57:49AM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:20 am Gary Hade wrote:
> > > Correct, not a perfect solution but better than we have right now.
> >
> > ...but don't let this comment make you think that I am not in
> > favor of something like you are suggesting.  I am interested
> > in getting the 'pci=norom' change into mainline quickly but it
> > is obviously less than ideal for the long term.
> >
> > Jesse, any idea how many different devices absolutely need
> > memory allocated for their expansion ROMs?
> 
> Unless there's a ton of demand, I'd rather go with the norom option, but 
> either way, I'd like to push the fix early in the 2.6.27 cycle rather than 
> trying to get it into 2.6.26 at the last minute...

This is fine.  I would also like to see the pci=norom option
added as-is with the thought that we may improve later by either
modifying pci=norom to exclude devices that need memory mapped
to their expansion ROMs or by adding another option (pci=minrom ?)
that would do the same thing.

> 
> So assuming you're ok with your last patch, I'll stuff it into linux-next.

Works for me.  Thanks.

Gary

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