From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759901AbZDARwB (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:52:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756716AbZDARvr (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:51:47 -0400 Received: from stargate.chelsio.com ([12.22.49.110]:5120 "EHLO stargate.chelsio.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756153AbZDARvq (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:51:46 -0400 Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:48:48 -0700 To: "David Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.30] cxgb3: clear shadow BAR registers From: "Divy Le Ray" Organization: Chelsio Communications Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, swise@opengridcomputing.com Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20090401005854.15175.44595.stgit@speedy5> <20090331.203457.210552824.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20090331.203457.210552824.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.64 (Win32) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Apr 2009 17:51:42.0234 (UTC) FILETIME=[83F2FFA0:01C9B2F2] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:34:57 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Divy Le Ray > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:58:54 -0700 > >> From: Divy Le Ray >> >> Ensure that internal shadow BAR registers are cleared on 32-bit >> platforms. >> >> Signed-off-by: Divy Le Ray > > Why is this a problem and why is it not possible to rely > on these being setup to zero by either the BIOS or the PCI > layer? > > At best this is a PCI quirk and not something that belongs > in the driver. > > I'm not applying this. Hi Dave, You are right, this issue is motherboard specific and seems to have been fixed a loong time ago. Sorry for the spam. Cheers, Divy