Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760000AbXEWWSl (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 18:18:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756592AbXEWWSe (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 18:18:34 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:48406 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756374AbXEWWSd (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2007 18:18:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:16:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jesse Barnes cc: Robert Hancock , Olivier Galibert , linux-kernel , Andi Kleen , Chuck Ebbert , Len Brown Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI MMCONFIG: add validation against ACPI motherboard resources In-Reply-To: <200705231506.36229.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Message-ID: References: <4635510D.4060103@shaw.ca> <200705231403.24439.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> <200705231506.36229.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> 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: 940 Lines: 28 On Wed, 23 May 2007, Jesse Barnes wrote: > > > > How are those boards going to set up mmconfig? The whole standard is > > broken, since there is no way to set it up. > > > > Trust the firmware? What a piece of crap! > > What do you mean? You set it up the normal way, by poking at config > space to see what's there HOW DO YOU GET TO THE CONFIG SPACE IN THE FIRST PLACE? The reason mmconfig is *BROKEN*CRAP* is that you cannot bootstrap it. There's no standard way to even figure out WHERE IT IS! So we depend on firmware tables that are known to be broken! That crap should be seen for the crap it is! Dammit, how hard can it be to just admit that mmconfig isn't that great? 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/