Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] PCI/ACPI: Add ACPI support for non ECAM Host
 Bridge Controllers
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
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From: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com>
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Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 14:46:19 -0600
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On 12/03/2015 02:58 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 03 December 2015 17:58:26 Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
>> I will put together a proposal to define the way we specify HID and
>> related DSD properties for PCI host controllers and send it to
>> the ACPI working group for review.
>
> That also requires a change to SBSA, right? Today, SBSA assumes that
> we have a standard PCI host that will work with any hardware independent
> PCI implementation in an OS. We either have to give up on SBSA saying
> much about how PCI hosts are implemented, or stop assuming that hardware
> is SBSA compliant.

Which would be standardizing nonstandard hardware. It would surprise me 
if that got much traction.


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