Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 May 2008 13:00:49 -0700 | From | Gary Hade <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] PCI: boot parameter to avoid expansion ROM memory allocation |
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On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:57:49AM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > On Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:20 am Gary Hade wrote: > > > Correct, not a perfect solution but better than we have right now. > > > > ...but don't let this comment make you think that I am not in > > favor of something like you are suggesting. I am interested > > in getting the 'pci=norom' change into mainline quickly but it > > is obviously less than ideal for the long term. > > > > Jesse, any idea how many different devices absolutely need > > memory allocated for their expansion ROMs? > > Unless there's a ton of demand, I'd rather go with the norom option, but > either way, I'd like to push the fix early in the 2.6.27 cycle rather than > trying to get it into 2.6.26 at the last minute...
This is fine. I would also like to see the pci=norom option added as-is with the thought that we may improve later by either modifying pci=norom to exclude devices that need memory mapped to their expansion ROMs or by adding another option (pci=minrom ?) that would do the same thing.
> > So assuming you're ok with your last patch, I'll stuff it into linux-next.
Works for me. Thanks.
Gary
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