Re: PCI rescan : can't assign mem [SOLVED]

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Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas <at> google.com> writes:

> This is a workaround, not a solution.  It is not safe to use
> "pci=nocrs" in general because it can break things related to resource
> assignment, including hot-add of new devices.
> 
> I haven't looked at the problem in detail, but if the BIOS gives us a
> _CRS with host bridge windows that are too small to accommodate all
> your devices, there's really nothing the kernel can do about it.  You
> just have to regard it as a limitation of that platform.
> 
> Bjorn
> 
I'm sure itsn't a platform limitation, a BIOS issue assigning resources 
instead.

Anyway, It's a closed system, without hot-add or not own devices.

I suspect this workaround is fine to me. 



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