On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:36:59 -0500
Tony Camuso wrote:> Thanks, Arjan.
correct for now.
HOWEVER, and this is the point Linus has made several times:
Just about NOBODY has devices that need the extended config space. At all.
So making this opt-in for devices allows our users to boot and use
their system if they are in the majority that has no need for even getting
close to this mess.
>
Wanne bet there'll be devices that screw this up? THere's devices that even screwed
up the 64-256 region after all.
> The patch I devised concerned itself with Northbridges and separated
THis kind of patchup has been going on for the better part of a year (well 2 years)
by now and it's STILL NOT ENOUGH, as you can see by the more patchups that have
been proposed as "alternative" to my approach.
>
You're wrong there. Sad to say, but you're wrong there.
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