Re: [PATCH] x86/PCI: allow MMCONFIG above 4GB

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* Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> wrote:

> The current whitelist requires a kernel change for every machine that 
> has MMCONFIG regions above 4GB, even if BIOS provides a correct MCFG 
> table.
> 
> This patch expands the whitelist to include machines with a rev 1 or 
> newer MCFG table and a DMI_BIOS_DATE of 2010 or later.  That way, we 
> only need kernel changes for new machines that provide incorrect MCFG 
> tables.

Can we do 2009 perhaps? I suspect most of the newer machines get this 
right. (if not then we have no reason to assume that 2010 will be any 
better)

	Ingo
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