Re: [PATCH] x86: use PCI method for enabling AMD extended config space before MSR method

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Fri Jan 07 2011 - 08:33:41 EST


>>> On 07.01.11 at 13:58, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> * Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 06.01.11 18:20:04, Robert Richter wrote:
>> > On 06.01.11 11:57:35, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> > > While both methods should work equivalently well for the native case,
>> > > the Xen Dom0 case can't reliably work with the MSR one, since there's
>> > > no guarantee that the virtual CPUs it has available fully cover all
>> > > necessary physical ones.
>> > >
>> > > As per the suggestion of Robert Richter the patch only adds the PCI
>> > > method, but leaves the MSR one as a fallback to cover new systems the
>> > > PCI IDs of which may not have got added to the code base yet.
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
>> > > Cc: Joerg Roedel <Joerg.Roedel@xxxxxxx>
>> > > Cc: Andreas Herrmann <Andreas.Herrmann3@xxxxxxx>
>> > > Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
>> > >
>> > > ---
>> > > arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h | 7 ++++++
>> > > arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c | 7 ++++++
>> > > arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c | 44 +++++++++++++++---------------------------
>> > > arch/x86/pci/amd_bus.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > > 4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>>
>> Btw, the patch should be relative to tip/x86/amd-nb as there would be
>> conflicts otherwise due to other changes.
>
> that's upstream meanwhile, so a patch against -git or -tip would suffice.

Yes, will do as soon as I can get to it.

Jan

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