On 01/10/2014 12:13 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Joseph Salisbury > <joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 12/11/2013 02:55 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Joseph Salisbury >>> <joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On 12/09/2013 03:10 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> That doesn't answer my question at all. >>>>>> >>>>>> I understand that this change makes it so Joseph doesn't have to use >>>>>> "pci=realloc=off". But why should auto-reallocation be limited to >>>>>> buses that have resources above 4GB? That doesn't make any sense. >>>>>> >>>>>> We should fix the reallocation code so it can deal with this case. If >>>>>> there's not enough space for everything, obviously we have to leave >>>>>> something unassigned. A ROM BAR is a good candidate for leaving >>>>>> unassigned, because most of the time we can get along without it. >>>>> Yes, that is ideal and not that simple. >>>>> but that would be hard to backport to old kernels. >>>>> >>>>> BTW, Joseph, can you try >>>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/yinghai/linux-yinghai.git >>>>> for-pci-3.14 >>>>> with pci=realloc=on >>>>> >>>>> on that system? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Yinghai >>>> I noticed there was some back and forth on this thread. Do you still >>>> want me to test this version, Yinghai? >>> Yes, if that works, we would not need to put the patch in upstream for limiting >>> realloc auto scope. >>> >> Another user has confirmed that at test kernel from your branch[0] does >> resolve the bug. > Hi, Joe, > > Bjorn does not want to limit auto realloc, so this patch can not make > to upstream at this point. > > so we may have to ask user to append "pci=realloc=off" before we find > more smart way to realloc > resource. > > Thanks > > Yinghai Hi Yinghai, In a prior email you mentioned: "Yes, if that works, we would not need to put the patch in upstream for limiting realloc auto scope." Is the git tree at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/yinghai/linux-yinghai.git somehow different now? Thanks, Joe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
