On Monday 03 September 2007 15:48, Robert Richter wrote: > Andi, > > On 03.09.07 14:48:41, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > As said above, I do not see CF8 access as a workaround. I expect my > > > system to work in the same way also if MMCONFIG is not available. > > > > It should boot sure, but exotic stuff not working is not a major issue > > It is not only about booting the system without MMCONFIG, it is also > about using the system
There are limits on how many BIOS bug workaround (and all this patch kit is nothing more than a elaborate BIOS bug workaround) we can do. IMHO you're far exceeding the threshold. Better would be to invest that energy to get the BIOSes fixed. > . For this PCI ECS CF8 access is needed. AER and IBS are all totally optional features and the systems will be completely usable without them. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/