From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:45:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:44:54 -0500 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:8979 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:44:43 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: MTRR type AMD Duron/intel ? Date: 15 Jan 2001 13:44:00 -0800 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <93vqv0$l34$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: By author: Linus Torvalds In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Tobias Ringstrom wrote: > > > > Last time I checked this was issued for perfectly known and valid bridges > > that advertice no IO resources. Isn't it a bit silly to issue that > > warning for that case, or am I missing something? > > Ehh - so what do they bridge, then? > > I'd say that a bridge that doesn't seem to bridge any IO or MEM region, > yet has stuff behind it, THAT is the silly thing. Thus the "silly" > warning. > What kind of bridge? Depending on the kind of bridge, it could be a subtractive-decoding bridge; or it could be a Host Bridge, which normally advertise only the resources it needs for itself. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/