[U-Boot-Users] PCI MEM I/O space allocation

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Jan 9 17:39:21 CET 2007


In message <1168358761.2903.19.camel at localhost.localdomain> you wrote:
>
> > I wouldn't do this lightly...
> 
> All right. I will do it in my branch and not to submit patch for this.

This is definitely not the result I wanted to acchieve :-(

> > What exactly is the problem you're trying to fix? The fact that it's
> > different is IMHO not enough of a reason to change it.
> 
> The problem is some bridges have 64K limitation on I/O space, which
> requires special care in allocation. I am fixing it in the kernel.

Maybe we can make this optional, so we can leave  unaffected  systems
untouched, and/or give board maintainers time for a slower migration?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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