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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:01:54 -0700
From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:18:52 -0600
Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> wrote:

> 
> Request that allocate_resource() use available space from high addresses
> first, rather than the default of using low addresses first.
> 
> The most common place this makes a difference is when we move or assign
> new PCI device resources.  Low addresses are generally scarce, so it's
> better to use high addresses when possible.  This follows Windows practice
> for PCI allocation.

Applied this series to linux-next; assuming nothing blows up I'll send
it to Linus this week (previous versions got some testing and landed in
a separate branch so this should be fine).

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center