From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261900AbVEWQPN (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 12:15:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261910AbVEWQPN (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 12:15:13 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:44687 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261900AbVEWQPI (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 12:15:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 18:15:07 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: rajesh.shah@intel.com Cc: ak@suse.de, len.brown@intel.com, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] x86_64: Collect host bridge resources Message-ID: <20050523161507.GN16164@wotan.suse.de> References: <20050521004239.581618000@csdlinux-1> <20050521004506.842235000@csdlinux-1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050521004506.842235000@csdlinux-1> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 05:42:41PM -0700, rajesh.shah@intel.com wrote: > This patch reads and stores host bridge resources reported by > ACPI BIOS for x86_64 systems. This is needed since ACPI hotplug > code now uses the PCI core for resource management. This patch > simply adds the boot parameter (acpi=root_resources) to enable > the functionality that is implemented in arch/i386. > This means all hot plug users have to pass this strange parameter? That does not sound very user friendly. Especially since you usually only need pci hotplug in emergencies, and then you likely didnt pass it. Cant you find a way to do this without parameters? Any reason to not make it default? -Andi