Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755799AbaFBPkj (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:40:39 -0400 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.11.231]:38943 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751996AbaFBPkh convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:40:37 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.2\)) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pci: Add IORESOURCE_BIT entry for PCIe ECAM resources. From: Kumar Gala In-Reply-To: <20140602150945.964D4C40381@trevor.secretlab.ca> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:40:30 -0500 Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Liviu Dudau , Bjorn Helgaas , Rob Herring , Rob Herring , Pawel Moll , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , linux-arm-msm , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , Kishon Vijay Abraham I Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <390B3F94-C058-47D6-82CE-0393E60014FF@codeaurora.org> References: <20140530233034.GH1677@bart.dudau.co.uk> <1401496601-31983-1-git-send-email-Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> <1401496601-31983-2-git-send-email-Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> <4756033.LkcFQN0chs@wuerfel> <20140602150945.964D4C40381@trevor.secretlab.ca> To: Grant Likely X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Jun 2, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Grant Likely wrote: > On Sat, 31 May 2014 20:41:04 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Saturday 31 May 2014 01:36:40 Liviu Dudau wrote: >>> We would like to be able to describe PCIe ECAM resources as >>> IORESOURCE_MEM blocks while distinguish them from standard >>> memory resources. Add an IORESOURCE_BIT entry for this case. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau >> >> I still don't see any value in this at all. What is the advantage >> of doing this opposed to just having a standardized 'reg' property >> for a particular compatible string? > > I'm inclined to agree. It doesn't seem appropriate to put config space > in ranges, and the host controller binding is responsible for > identifying how config space is memory mapped. > > g. I don?t agree when it comes to ECAM, but we can drop this for now until someone really does that. However, what do we do with the 2 cases that exist in upstream that are using ranges for cfg space? - k -- Employee of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum, hosted by The Linux Foundation -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/