Re: [PATCH 1/2] pci: Block config access during BIST

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Sun Nov 21 2004 - 02:05:54 EST



> I thought about that when coding this up and thought it would
> be better to simply have the function do what it advertises and no
> more. Seems strange that a function called pci_block_config_access
> would go and do a bunch of pci config accesses, but we can
> certainly add it if you like.

Well, considering that when blocked, reads return data from the cache,
it makes sense to fill the cache when blocking ... or we'll end up
returning crap.

Ben.


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