From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>,
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, yannick.roehlly@free.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v4
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:57:53 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0904181151230.4042@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090418092216.GP7678@elte.hu>
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> Am i missing something?
We also try to avoid random motherboard resources etc that aren't reserved
or documented by the BIOS. It's better to go into big holes. It's also
better to try to keep as close to the old (tested) behavior.
Now, admittedly those undocumented resources are _much_ more common in IO
space, but still. They're _very_ common. Om my modern Nehalem thing with
an Intel BIOS (supposedly "good" and not from some random manufacturer), I
have, for example:
[ 26.533771] pci 0000:00:1f.0: ICH7 LPC Generic IO decode 2 PIO at 0810 (mask 007f)
byt that one isn't covered by any PnP range or anythign else.
[ Now, it's possible that it's bogus: "0x810" has a bit set in the same
bits that cover the mask, and I don't know if the mask is a "ignore
these bits" (and the range would thus match all of 0x0800-0x087f) or if
the mast is a "port & ~mask == base" in which case nothing would ever
match.
But I _think_ the BIOS literally set up something to answer int he
0x08?? range, and didn't document it anywhere. The same can be true of
MMIO too, and so we should try to avoid using random memory areas if we
can ]
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-18 19:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 117+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <bug-11103-13546@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
[not found] ` <200904101913.n3AJDhMm018684@demeter.kernel.org>
2009-04-10 20:27 ` [Bug 11103] Can't use framebuffer or vesa Xorg with two memory modules Yinghai Lu
2009-04-11 3:29 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-14 20:49 ` [PATCH] pci: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v2 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-14 20:50 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only Yinghai Lu
2009-04-14 21:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-14 21:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-14 21:27 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-14 22:35 ` Yannick Roehlly
2009-04-15 0:29 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v2 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-15 0:41 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v3 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-15 0:42 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: fix -1 calling to e820_all_mapped with mmconfig Yinghai Lu
2009-04-16 16:31 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v3 Jesse Barnes
2009-04-16 16:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-16 16:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-16 17:18 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-16 17:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-16 17:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-16 17:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-16 20:13 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v4 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-16 23:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-16 23:54 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-17 0:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-17 13:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-17 21:59 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-17 22:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-18 5:37 ` [PATCH] pci: keep pci device resource name pointer right Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 7:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 16:05 ` Jesse Barnes
2009-04-18 18:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 19:19 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 19:23 ` Greg KH
2009-04-18 20:00 ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-18 20:27 ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-18 20:37 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 22:05 ` [PATCH] driver: dont update dev_name via device_add path Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 7:36 ` [PATCH] driver: make dev_set_name(, NULL) work Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 7:42 ` [RFC PATCH] use dev_set_name(,NULL) to prevent leaking Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 8:25 ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-28 15:21 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 15:34 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 15:39 ` Greg KH
2009-04-28 15:51 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 15:56 ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-28 16:08 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 16:15 ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-28 19:04 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 16:36 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 16:50 ` Kay Sievers
2009-04-28 14:52 ` Greg KH
2009-04-28 14:51 ` [PATCH] driver: make dev_set_name(, NULL) work Greg KH
2009-04-28 15:14 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-28 15:39 ` Greg KH
2009-04-18 21:07 ` [PATCH] pci: keep pci device resource name pointer right Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 22:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 20:00 ` [PATCH] driver: dont update dev_name if it is not changed Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 20:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 20:20 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 20:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 8:33 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v4 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 9:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 17:07 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 18:57 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2009-04-18 19:14 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-18 19:26 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 22:20 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 22:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 20:13 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-18 18:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 22:44 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 23:01 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 23:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-18 23:26 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 23:30 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-18 23:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-19 0:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-19 4:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-19 5:26 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-19 19:35 ` Yannick Roehlly
2009-04-19 19:59 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-19 20:24 ` Yannick Roehlly
2009-04-19 9:02 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-19 9:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-19 17:52 ` Jesse Barnes
2009-04-20 22:33 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-20 22:52 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-21 10:54 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-21 0:09 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-21 10:56 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-21 15:57 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-22 22:37 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] pci: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v3 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-22 22:38 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] pci: try to assign res for device under transparent bridges Yinghai Lu
2009-04-22 22:49 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] pci: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v3 Jesse Barnes
2009-04-23 0:49 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 1:05 ` Jesse Barnes
2009-04-23 2:03 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 12:58 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-23 15:30 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 2:10 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 13:22 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-23 15:13 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 22:19 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-24 3:48 ` [PATCH 1/4] pci/x86: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v4 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-24 3:49 ` [PATCH 2/4] pci: try to assign res for device under transparent bridges -v2 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-24 3:50 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86: reserve range near the ram Yinghai Lu
2009-04-24 3:50 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v5 Yinghai Lu
2009-04-24 13:16 ` [PATCH 1/4] pci/x86: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v4 Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-05-05 18:52 ` Jesse Barnes
2009-05-06 12:33 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-06 15:06 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: reserve range near the ram Yinghai Lu
2009-05-11 9:51 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86, e820, pci: reserve extra free space near end of RAM tip-bot for Linus Torvalds
2009-05-06 15:07 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v5 Yinghai Lu
2009-05-11 9:51 ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/pci: remove rounding quirk from e820_setup_gap() tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2009-04-23 12:36 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] pci: don't assume pref memio are 64bit -v3 Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-23 12:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-23 13:09 ` Ivan Kokshaysky
2009-04-23 15:05 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-04-21 15:41 ` [PATCH] x86/pci: make pci_mem_start to be aligned only -v4 Jesse Barnes
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