Re: [RFC 3/11] pci: add pci_iomap_range

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:30:49 +0200, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 09:02:46PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > From: Michael S Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Virtio drivers should map the part of the range they need, not necessarily
> > all of it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> I think that we should add a forcenocache flag.
> This will let devices put the cap structure in
> the prefetcheable BAR. That has an advantage that
> it can be located anywhere in the 2^64 space,
> while non-prefetcheable BARs are limited to lower 4G
> for devices behind a PCI-to-PCI bridge.

OK, want to respin that patch (or patch on top and I'll fold?)

Thanks,
Rusty.
_______________________________________________
Virtualization mailing list
Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization


[Index of Archives]     [KVM Development]     [Libvirt Development]     [Libvirt Users]     [CentOS Virtualization]     [Netdev]     [Ethernet Bridging]     [Linux Wireless]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Linux for Hams]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Forum]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux Admin]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux