Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265834AbUA1W7U (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:59:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266039AbUA1W7U (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:59:20 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:6588 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265834AbUA1W7S (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:59:18 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:59:12 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Andi Kleen cc: willy@debian.org, ishii.hironobu@jp.fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH, 2/4] readX_check() performance evaluation In-Reply-To: <20040128233948.26a36ff7.ak@suse.de> Message-ID: References: <00a301c3e541$c13a6350$2987110a@lsd.css.fujitsu.com> <20040128182003.GL11844@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040128204049.627e6312.ak@suse.de> <20040128211554.0cc890fb.ak@suse.de> <20040128220921.7ba0bb78.ak@suse.de> <20040128225205.02193769.ak@suse.de> <20040128233948.26a36ff7.ak@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 626 Lines: 19 On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Doing a status read from the device should do it (just read the config > > space, for example). > > The device is just not known. iirc you only get a bit in the bridge, which > leaves a wide choice. read_pcix_error() _does_ know the device. The driver tells it. Remember: none of this should be done at machine check time. Linus - 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/