Re: 2.6.18-rc1-mm1

[Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>]

In-Reply-To: <20060711230055.GL18838@kroah.com>

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:00:55 -0700, Greg KH wrote:

> > > >> PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at f0000000 is not E820-reserved
> > > >> PCI: Not using MMCONFIG.
> > > >> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> > > >> ACPI: Interpreter enabled
> > > >> 
> > > >> Is there any way to verify that there really is a BIOS bug 
> > > >there?  If it is, is there anyone within Intel or are there any
> > > >known contacts 
> > > >who can push and poke > to get this looked at/fixed?
> > > >(It's a new Intel board, I'd hope they could get it right..).
> > > 
> > > Arjan should probably comment on that one.
> > 
> > I could.. but please next time if you want to CC me use an email address
> > I actually read ;)
> > 
> > Greg has a patch to relax this check, and Rajesh has a further patch to
> > relax it more.
> 
> Hm, no, my patch should already be in 2.6.18-rc1, I don't have any
> pending MMCONFIG patches in my queue or tree.
> 
> So if you think I'm missing one, please resend it to me.

What happened to:

        http://lkml.org/2006/6/26/640

        [patch 0/2] PCI: improve extended config space verification - take #2

I tested the first round of this patchset on i386 and it worked for me (TM).

-- 
Chuck
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