[2.4] PCI bases with value 0 -- upstream status?

Anton Blanchard anton at samba.org
Wed Jan 21 01:02:20 EST 2004


> I'm not sure how many times this subject has come up, but here we go again:
>
> The pci_read_bridge_bases() code in drivers/pci/pci.c assumes that all
> resources start on a non-zero address, which is not true on our systems.
> On LPAR machines, as well as some SMP configs, we might very well have a
> 0 base.
>
> I think the fixes have been in Ames before, but might have been taken
> out to keep us aligned with mainline? Have patches to fix
> drivers/pci/pci.c upstream been shot down? If so, should we add it back
> to Ames?

Ive tried countless times to get the damn thing in but Linus refuses
each time :)

Anton

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