Re: [PATCH] pci: generic host: make it more generic

[Ming Lei]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ...
>> Do you think it is doable to introduce a option(from module
>> parameter, or device tree, ...) to let the driver and PCI core
>> ignore/bypass all pcibios handling for the generic bus?
>
> No, I don't think so.

Could you explain a bit? In VM world, it might be reasonable to
claim that there is no pcibios service or pcibios service needn't.

IMO it isn't easy to make a cross-arch PCI generic controller
driver if pcibios handling has to be involved.

Thanks,
Ming Lei
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