Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:38:58 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: John Keller <jpk@sgi.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
       takayoshi.kochi@gmail.com, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>,
       Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Allow MMCONFIG above 4GB on x86_64
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* John Keller <jpk@sgi.com> wrote:

> SGI UV will have MMCFG base addresses that are greater than 4GB (32 
> bits).

> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c	2008-07-09 15:25:32.000000000 -0500
> @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ int __init acpi_parse_mcfg(struct acpi_t
>  	}
>  
>  	memcpy(pci_mmcfg_config, &mcfg[1], config_size);
> +#ifndef CONFIG_X86_64
>  	for (i = 0; i < pci_mmcfg_config_num; ++i) {
>  		if (pci_mmcfg_config[i].address > 0xFFFFFFFF) {
>  			printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
> @@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ int __init acpi_parse_mcfg(struct acpi_t
>  			return -ENODEV;
>  		}
>  	}
> +#endif

hm. If then it should be enabled very carefully and initially probably 
on a per system (i.e. DMI driven whitelist) basis.

	Ingo
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