Re: Linux and multy domain PCIe.

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On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:02 AM, fpaolo63 <fpaolo63@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi guru,
>
> I'm working on a multi socket intel xeon platform.
>
> We have 2 sockets and each socket has a PCIe RootComplex, and we'd to
> implement hw with 2 separated PCIe tree.
>
> Can Linux kernel handle the 2 RC assigning a PCIe domain each one?
>
> Do we need special BIOS in order to configure correctly the 2 sockets, QDPI
> channel, MMIO and MMU?
>
> Can some one point me to one example or documents?

Yes, Linux supports multiple PCI domains (also known as PCI segment groups).

On x86, the BIOS should provide a ACPI PNP0A08/PNP0A03 device for each
root complex.  See drivers/acpi/pci_root.c for details.
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