Re: PATCH: New fix for CardBus bridge behind a PCI bridge

H. J. Lu (hjl@lucon.org)
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:49:50 -0700


On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 07:48:25PM +0400, Ivan Kokshaysky wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 08:29:42PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > I was told all PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI bridges were transparent. The non-
> > transparent ones have class code PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_OTHER. This new patch
> > only checks PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI and works for me.
>
> I guess that info came from Intel ;-) Interesting, but completely wrong.
> The devices they call "non-transparent PCI-to-PCI bridges" aren't classic
> PCI-to-PCI bridges at all, that's why they are PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_OTHER.
> It's more to do with CPU-to-CPU bridges.
> In our terms, "transparent" PCI-to-PCI bridge means subtractive decoding one.
> Your previous patch makes much more sense, although a) it should belong to
> generic pci code b) is way incomplete.
>
> Please try this one instead.
>

CardBus works now. But I can no longer load usb-uhci. My X server no
longer works. Your patch is not right.

H.J.
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