Re: [RFC] Runtime allocation of PCI resources

2007-06-11 Thread Yinghai Lu
On 11 Jun 2007 20:11:24 +0200, Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BIOS authors don't always program all the features of hardware. This is > often the case for Intel IDE controllers, which are usually able to run > in AHCI mode but are rarely confi

Re: [RFC] Runtime allocation of PCI resources

2007-06-11 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 08:11:24PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > BIOS authors don't always program all the features of hardware. This is > > often the case for Intel IDE controllers, which are usually able to run > > in AHCI mode but are rarely conf

Re: [RFC] Runtime allocation of PCI resources

2007-06-11 Thread Andi Kleen
Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BIOS authors don't always program all the features of hardware. This is > often the case for Intel IDE controllers, which are usually able to run > in AHCI mode but are rarely configured to do so. Reprogramming them is > easy enough other than the r

[RFC] Runtime allocation of PCI resources

2007-06-11 Thread Matthew Garrett
BIOS authors don't always program all the features of hardware. This is often the case for Intel IDE controllers, which are usually able to run in AHCI mode but are rarely configured to do so. Reprogramming them is easy enough other than the requirement for some MMIO space. If the BIOS hasn't a