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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:03:45 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Durairaj, Sundarapandian" <sundarapandian.durairaj@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] PCI Express patches for 2.4.27-pre3
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On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 11:59:43AM +0530, Durairaj, Sundarapandian wrote:
> I think its important that we have this patch for 2.4 kernel as well, as
> it will enable the PCI express devices to access extended config space
> (above 256 bytes), where all Advance feature of PCI Express config
> registers resides.

Are there any drivers or devices on the market today that need access to
this extended config space?

I agree that if customers want this kind of new features, they should
use the 2.6 kernel.

thanks,

greg k-h