Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932739AbXABKZ7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 05:25:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932763AbXABKZ7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 05:25:59 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:60844 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932756AbXABKZ6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 05:25:58 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 10:36:02 +0000 From: Alan To: Jesse Barnes Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [PATCH] quiet MMCONFIG related printks Message-ID: <20070102103602.28a873ea@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200701012101.38427.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> References: <200701012101.38427.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 812 Lines: 21 On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 21:01:38 -0800 Jesse Barnes wrote: > Using MMCONFIG for PCI config space access is simply an optimization, not > a requirement. Therefore, when it can't be used, there's no need for Some hardware reqires MCFG. In addition this is an error, a real error on the vendors part or ours and could indicate there are many other BIOS problems outstanding. We shouldn't keep quiet about serious errors in tables, we need people to know and be able to take appropriate action (eg new BIOSen, refusing certifications etc). NAK - 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/