Re: [PATCH] x86/pci: try to detect host_bridge pci_cfg_space

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 12:04:37PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> I'd also suggest to flip around the subject line from x86/pci to 
> pci/x86 - it's more of a PCI patch than a pure x86 patch. The 
> same problem could affect other platforms too i suspect.

Not all platforms expose the root bridge in PCI configuration space.
Intel ia64 platforms do have a materialised root bridge; HP's don't.
(I don't know whether Intel ship any PCIe ia64 machines or not).  I
don't remember details for other platforms, but I think Intel is the odd
one out in this regard.

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