From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265286AbUEZRat (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 13:30:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265637AbUEZRat (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 13:30:49 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:55530 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265286AbUEZRar (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 13:30:47 -0400 Message-ID: <40B4D439.3080504@pobox.com> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 13:30:33 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: "Durairaj, Sundarapandian" , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com, "Carbonari, Steven" , "Seshadri, Harinarayanan" Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] PCI Express patches for 2.4.27-pre3 References: <6B09584CC3D2124DB45C3B592414FA83021EB9E5@bgsmsx402.gar.corp.intel.com> <20040526170345.GB28578@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20040526170345.GB28578@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 11:59:43AM +0530, Durairaj, Sundarapandian wrote: > >>I think its important that we have this patch for 2.4 kernel as well, as >>it will enable the PCI express devices to access extended config space >>(above 256 bytes), where all Advance feature of PCI Express config >>registers resides. > > > Are there any drivers or devices on the market today that need access to > this extended config space? "need"? Not AFAIK. Not yet, anyway. Most PCI-Ex devices I've seen are designed such that they work under OS's and drivers that do not support the extended configuration area. Jeff