On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:14:48PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 02:32:27PM -0700, Keith Busch wrote: > > +/* > > + * VMD h/w converts posted config writes to non-posted. The read-back in > > this > > + * function forces the completion so it returns only after the config > > space was > > + * written, as expected. > > This comment sounds backwards: > > posted writes don't wait for completion > non-posted writes do wait for completion > > If the hardware converts to non-posted writes, you shouldn't need a > read-back. It seems like you would need the read-back if the hardware > converted non-posted to posted.
Oops, the comment has it backwards. Non-posted config writes become posted memory write requests with this h/w. > Seems like it might be nice to have something in dmesg that would connect > this PCI device to the new PCI domain. It's a new, unusual topology and a > hint might help everybody understand what's going on. Sounds good, will add. In addition that, I'd like to mention this patch links a new domain's root bus kobject under the VMD end-point's so the sysfs hierarchy captures this as well. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
