Johan Borkhuis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was using kernel version 2.6.14 (ppc) on a  MVME3100 board (MPC8540 
> processor). We are planning to move to 2.6.20 (powerpc), but I have some 
> problems with the initialization of a PCI-PCI bridge.
> Connected to the MVME3100 board is a PCI-PCI bridge (HiNT, PCI6150, 
> 3388:0022). When using the 2.6.14 kernel this bridge is initialized 
> correctly:  it is setup as bus-master, memory and IO are configured, and 
> the memory allocation on the PCI-bus is correct.
> When I use 2.6.20 (powerpc) the device is not configured correctly: 
> bus-master, memory and IO are not set, and the memory space of the 
> bridge on the PCI bus is set to the minimum value (0xfffff).
> I can correct these settings by modifying the PCI_COMMAND register to 
> set the bus-master, memory and IO. I change the size of the memory space 
> in pci_32.c, by forcing the size to the required setting in 
> pci_relocate_bridge_resource. But to be honest, I don't like this very 
> much: modifying registers like this should not be needed, so I guess 
> there is something wrong in my configuration or setup.
> 
> How can I fix this problem in a better way? What could be wrong with my 
> configuration?


There has been a fair amount of PCI setup reworking done
somewhat recently.  (.22 and .23, IIRC, and even .24).
It might be best if you can try 2.6.24.

jdl

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