Re: Resource assignment oddities

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On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> What exactly is the problem here?  Is it just that you don't want to
>> see the "can't assign" messages?  Or is there a device with a BAR that
>> *should* be assigned, but isn't?  If so, which device is it?
>
> We try must+optional as first, then if there is any ioport or mmio fail
> we will stick to must only then extend must to meet optional.
> but mmio range and mmio-pref could be connected each other,
> so extend will fail...
>
> problem here, some root bus will not have ioport range, so it will always have
> ioport allocation fail.
>
> looks like right fix for v3.9 should be as attached patch.
> it will keep must+optional for mmio, if only ioport fails....

I read all that before, but it didn't answer my questions.  I assume
we're trying to fix a device that doesn't work.  Which device is it?

Bjorn
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