Re: [PATCH] Assign memory resource with specified alignment.

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* Yuji Shimada <shimada-yxb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:24:13 -0800
> Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:19:39 am Yuji Shimada wrote:
> > > > If resource_alignment is a per-device attribute, doesn't it make
> > > > sense to put the file in /sys/bus/pci/devices/resource_alignment ?
> > >
> > > I don't think it is easy to add "/sys/bus/pci/devices/resource_alignment".
> > >
> > > In case of "/sys/bus/pci/resource_alignment", we can use BUS_ATTR.
> > > In case of "/sys/bus/pci/devices/SSSS:BB:DD.F/resource_alignment", we
> > > can use DEVICE_ATTR.
> > >
> > > But in case of "/sys/bus/pci/devices/resource_alignment", what can we
> > > use?
> > 
> > Yeah, might be a little trickier.  Really it's a property of the bus scan & 
> > resource allocation, so another option would be (with Alex's new stuff) to 
> > make it part of the actual rescan command somehow.
> 
> "rescan" file will be added to "/sys/bus/pci".
> If I add "resource_alignment" file to "/sys/bus/pci", both of
> them will be in the same directory.
> I think this is reasonable.
> 
> I'd like to add "/sys/bus/pci/resource_alignment" file.

One thing that wasn't clear to me -- can I specify one alignment
for one device and a different alignment for a different device?

Thanks.

/ac

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