Re: RFC: PCI hotplug resource reservation

David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Wed, 07 Aug 2002 14:48:23 +0100


scottm@somanetworks.com said:
> However, it's entirely possible that you will be allocated resource
> ranges that are intermingled with the ranges that are behind other
> bridges or devices. There's no sane way to program the hotplug
> bridge's BARs in such a situation.

Why? Can't you just forward transactions for the whole of the range,
including some addresses which are actually behind other bridges?

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dwmw2

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