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Mike Habeck 7bd1c365fd x86/PCI: Add option to not assign BAR's if not already assigned
The Linux kernel assigns BARs that a BIOS did not assign, most likely
to handle broken BIOSes that didn't enumerate the devices correctly.
On UV the BIOS purposely doesn't assign I/O BARs for certain devices/
drivers we know don't use them (examples, LSI SAS, Qlogic FC, ...).
We purposely don't assign these I/O BARs because I/O Space is a very
limited resource.  There is only 64k of I/O Space, and in a PCIe
topology that space gets divided up into 4k chucks (this is due to
the fact that a pci-to-pci bridge's I/O decoder is aligned at 4k)...
Thus a system can have at most 16 cards with I/O BARs: (64k / 4k = 16)

SGI needs to scale to >16 devices with I/O BARs.  So by not assigning
I/O BARs on devices we know don't use them, we can do that (iff the
kernel doesn't go and assign these BARs that the BIOS purposely didn't
assign).

This patch will not assign a resource to a device BAR if that BAR was
not assigned by the BIOS, and the kernel cmdline option 'pci=nobar'
was specified.   This patch is closely modeled after the 'pci=norom'
option that currently exists in the tree.

Signed-off-by: Mike Habeck <habeck@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2010-07-30 09:29:12 -07:00
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ABI Revert "PCI: create function symlinks in /sys/bus/pci/slots/N/" 2010-06-11 13:08:37 -07:00
accounting
acpi ACPI, APEI, EINJ injection parameters support 2010-05-19 22:42:08 -04:00
aoe
arm ARM: SAMSUNG: Documentation: add documentation on GPIO code 2010-05-28 19:31:31 +09:00
auxdisplay
blackfin Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
block Documentation: fix block/biodoc.txt dma mapping description 2010-03-08 09:11:07 +01:00
blockdev
cdrom
cgroups memcg: update documentation 2010-05-27 09:12:43 -07:00
connector Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
console doc: fix console doc typo 2010-02-24 13:51:32 +01:00
cpu-freq [CPUFREQ] Processor Clocking Control interface driver 2010-01-13 10:55:16 -05:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto
development-process Documentation/development-process: add staging & mmotm info 2010-05-24 07:30:55 -07:00
device-mapper dm: document when snapshot has finished merging 2010-03-06 02:29:56 +00:00
DocBook Merge branch 'v4l_for_2.6.35' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 2010-06-04 15:38:12 -07:00
driver-model Fix spelling of 'platform' in comments and doc 2010-02-05 12:22:34 +01:00
dvb Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
early-userspace
fault-injection lkdtm: add debugfs access and loosen KPROBE ties 2010-03-06 11:26:32 -08:00
fb fbdev: rename imacfb.txt to efifb.txt and change imacfb to efifb. 2010-04-07 08:38:02 -07:00
filesystems Merge branch 'master' into for-linus 2010-06-04 13:22:30 -05:00
firmware_class
frv
hwmon hwmon: (ltc4245) Read only one GPIO pin 2010-05-27 19:59:02 +02:00
i2c Documentation/i2c: Checkpatch cleanup 2010-06-03 11:33:50 +02:00
i2o
ia64
ide
infiniband
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
ioctl Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2010-03-19 09:43:06 -07:00
isdn gigaset: small documentation improvement 2010-02-26 01:24:22 -08:00
ja_JP
kbuild Merge branch 'for-35' of git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuild 2010-06-01 08:55:52 -07:00
kdump
ko_KR
kvm KVM: MMU: Segregate shadow pages with different cr0.wp 2010-05-19 11:41:09 +03:00
laptops Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mjg59/platform-drivers-x86 2010-05-21 17:13:24 -07:00
lguest Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
m68k
make
mips
misc-devices
mn10300
mtd
namespaces
netlabel Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
networking Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-05-20 21:04:44 -07:00
parisc
PCI Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2010-05-21 18:58:52 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia: dev_node removal (core) 2010-05-10 10:23:17 +02:00
power Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2010-05-21 18:58:52 -07:00
powerpc Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2010-05-21 11:17:05 -07:00
pps
prctl
RCU Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-05-18 08:27:54 -07:00
s390 Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus 2010-03-08 16:55:37 +01:00
scheduler sched: Remove USER_SCHED from documentation 2010-04-02 20:12:01 +02:00
scsi Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
serial ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplines 2010-03-12 15:52:43 -08:00
sh
sound Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 2010-05-20 09:41:44 -07:00
sparc
spi spi/ep93xx: implemented driver for Cirrus EP93xx SPI controller 2010-05-25 00:23:16 -06:00
sysctl mm: compaction: add a tunable that decides when memory should be compacted and when it should be reclaimed 2010-05-25 08:06:59 -07:00
telephony
thermal
timers Documentation/timers/hpet_example.c: only build on X86 2010-06-01 10:05:19 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
uml
usb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 2010-05-20 21:26:12 -07:00
video4linux V4L/DVB: Documentation: Add the Philips FQ1236 MK5 to video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner 2010-07-08 16:50:05 -03:00
vm numa: update Documentation/vm/numa, add memoryless node info 2010-05-27 09:12:57 -07:00
w1 Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
watchdog watchdog: docs: add an entry for imx2_wdt 2010-07-01 16:02:55 +00:00
wimax
x86 x86, numa: Remove configurable node size support for numa emulation 2010-02-15 14:34:18 -08:00
zh_CN
.gitignore add random binaries to .gitignore 2010-04-08 11:34:34 +02:00
00-INDEX documentation: fix almost duplicate filenames (IO/io-mapping.txt) 2010-07-20 17:49:30 +00:00
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt documentation: fix almost duplicate filenames (IO/io-mapping.txt) 2010-07-20 17:49:30 +00:00
cachetlb.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
Changes netfilter: xtables: remove xt_string revision 0 2010-03-25 17:04:57 +01:00
circular-buffers.txt Document Linux's circular buffering capabilities 2010-03-24 16:31:22 -07:00
CodingStyle
cpu-hotplug.txt
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
credentials.txt CRED: Fix __task_cred()'s lockdep check and banner comment 2010-07-29 15:16:18 -07:00
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt driver core: add devname module aliases to allow module on-demand auto-loading 2010-05-25 15:08:26 -07:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO: add ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN description 2010-05-27 09:12:53 -07:00
DMA-API.txt Documentation: rename PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txt 2010-03-12 15:52:43 -08:00
DMA-attributes.txt
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt
dontdiff Merge branch 'for-linus-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-kconfig 2010-02-25 14:43:57 -08:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt
edac.txt Documentation/edac.txt: Reflect the sysfs changes at the document 2010-05-10 11:49:30 -03:00
eisa.txt doc: fix Defaultd -> Defaults typo in EISA doc 2010-02-05 12:22:39 +01:00
email-clients.txt Documentation/email-clients.txt: update gmail information 2010-03-12 15:52:35 -08:00
feature-removal-schedule.txt ACPI / Sleep: Allow the NVS saving to be skipped during suspend to RAM 2010-07-24 23:26:09 -04:00
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
gpio.txt gpio: introduce gpio_request_one() and friends 2010-03-06 11:26:48 -08:00
highuid.txt
HOWTO Documentation/HOWTO: update git home URL 2010-04-22 15:24:56 -07:00
hw_random.txt
init.txt init/main.c: improve usability in case of init binary failure 2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
initrd.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
intel_txt.txt Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
io-mapping.txt
io_ordering.txt
iostats.txt
IPMI.txt ipmi: add parameter to limit CPU usage in kipmid 2010-03-12 15:52:39 -08:00
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt documentation: update kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO information 2010-01-11 09:34:07 -08:00
kernel-docs.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt x86/PCI: Add option to not assign BAR's if not already assigned 2010-07-30 09:29:12 -07:00
keys-request-key.txt
keys.txt
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt
kobject.txt kobject: documentation: Update to refer to kset-example.c. 2010-03-19 07:12:20 -07:00
kprobes.txt Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
kref.txt
ldm.txt
leds-class.txt
leds-lp3944.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt
lockstat.txt
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt
Makefile Documentation/fs/: split txt and source files 2010-03-12 15:52:35 -08:00
ManagementStyle
mca.txt
md.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
memory-barriers.txt Document Linux's circular buffering capabilities 2010-03-24 16:31:22 -07:00
memory-hotplug.txt
memory.txt
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt Rename .text.lock to .text..lock. 2010-03-03 11:26:00 +01:00
nmi_watchdog.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I') 2010-05-19 08:37:43 +01:00
padata.txt Add a document describing the padata interface 2010-05-14 09:18:55 -06:00
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
pi-futex.txt
pnp.txt doc: capitalization and other minor fixes in pnp doc 2010-02-05 12:22:44 +01:00
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt
prio_tree.txt
rbtree.txt rbtree: Add support for augmented rbtrees 2010-02-18 15:40:56 -08:00
rfkill.txt Document the rfkill sysfs ABI 2010-03-10 17:09:33 -05:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs
SELinux.txt
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
slow-work.txt
SM501.txt
Smack.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
sparse.txt doc: Change urls for sparse 2010-04-27 22:59:07 +02:00
spinlocks.txt
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded 2010-04-22 15:24:56 -07:00
SubmitChecklist Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing 2010-05-24 07:31:20 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers Documentation: SubmittingDrivers: Resources 2010-05-27 09:12:43 -07:00
SubmittingPatches
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt Fix typos in comments 2010-03-16 11:47:56 +01:00
sysrq.txt Input: Documentation/sysrq.txt - update KEY_SYSRQ info 2010-05-19 10:14:15 -07:00
tomoyo.txt
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt
video-output.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt: correct cpu_relax() documentation 2010-03-24 16:31:20 -07:00
zorro.txt