From: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>,
"Lee Jones" <lee.jones@linaro.org>,
Tan Jui Nee <jui.nee.tan@intel.com>,
"Jim Quinlan" <james.quinlan@broadcom.com>,
Jonathan Yong <jonathan.yong@intel.com>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.com>,
Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>, <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/7] PCI: New Primary to Sideband (P2SB) bridge support library
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 15:40:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210406154001.3eec0698@md1za8fc.ad001.siemens.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3f33a178-3002-e93e-89f1-8cf05097da25@metux.net>
Am Fri, 2 Apr 2021 15:09:12 +0200
schrieb "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>:
> On 09.03.21 09:42, Henning Schild wrote:
>
> > The device will respond to MMIO while being hidden. I am afraid
> > nothing stops a collision, except for the assumption that the BIOS
> > is always right and PCI devices never get remapped. But just
> > guessing here.
>
> What could go wrong if it is remapped, except that this driver would
> write to the wrong mmio space ?
>
> If it's unhidden, pci-core should see it and start the usual probing,
> right ?
I have seen this guy exposed to Linux on coreboot machines. No issues.
But i can imagine BIOSs that somehow make use of the device and assume
it wont move. So we would at least need a parameter to allow keeping
that device hidden, or "fixed" in memory.
Henning
>
> --mtx
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-06 13:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-08 12:20 [rfc, PATCH v1 0/7] PCI: introduce p2sb helper Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-08 12:20 ` [PATCH v1 1/7] PCI: Introduce pci_bus_*() printing macros when device is not available Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-10 14:57 ` Jean Delvare
2021-03-08 12:20 ` [PATCH v1 2/7] PCI: Convert __pci_read_base() to __pci_bus_read_base() Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-10 17:14 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-08 12:20 ` [PATCH v1 3/7] PCI: New Primary to Sideband (P2SB) bridge support library Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-08 18:52 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2021-03-08 19:16 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-09 1:42 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2021-03-09 8:42 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-01 15:45 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-01 16:42 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2021-04-01 18:23 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-01 18:44 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2021-07-12 12:15 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-26 15:10 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-02 13:09 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-04-06 13:40 ` Henning Schild [this message]
2021-07-12 12:11 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-26 15:38 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-29 21:07 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2021-12-08 17:51 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-13 9:45 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-01 15:43 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-01 18:06 ` Mika Westerberg
2021-04-01 18:22 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-01 18:32 ` Mika Westerberg
2021-07-12 12:13 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-08 12:20 ` [PATCH v1 4/7] mfd: lpc_ich: Factor out lpc_ich_enable_spi_write() Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-10 10:29 ` Lee Jones
2021-03-08 12:20 ` [PATCH v1 5/7] mfd: lpc_ich: Switch to generic pci_p2sb_bar() Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-10 10:35 ` Lee Jones
2021-03-10 12:05 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-10 12:57 ` Lee Jones
2021-03-08 12:20 ` [PATCH v1 6/7] mfd: lpc_ich: Add support for pinctrl in non-ACPI system Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-10 10:27 ` Lee Jones
2021-04-12 16:01 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-12 16:40 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-12 16:59 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-12 17:16 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-12 17:34 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-13 6:47 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-12 16:51 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-12 17:27 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-12 17:41 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-08 12:20 ` [PATCH v1 7/7] i2c: i801: convert to use common P2SB accessor Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-10 14:51 ` Jean Delvare
2021-12-21 15:08 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-13 9:25 ` [rfc, PATCH v1 0/7] PCI: introduce p2sb helper Henning Schild
2021-06-10 9:02 ` Henning Schild
2021-06-10 10:14 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-06-10 13:48 ` Henning Schild
2021-06-10 14:04 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-26 15:43 ` Andy Shevchenko
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