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@@ -274,8 +274,6 @@ the PCI device by calling pci_enable_device(). This will:
274 o allocate an IRQ (if BIOS did not). 274 o allocate an IRQ (if BIOS did not).
275 275
276NOTE: pci_enable_device() can fail! Check the return value. 276NOTE: pci_enable_device() can fail! Check the return value.
277NOTE2: Also see pci_enable_device_bars() below. Drivers can
278 attempt to enable only a subset of BARs they need.
279 277
280[ OS BUG: we don't check resource allocations before enabling those 278[ OS BUG: we don't check resource allocations before enabling those
281 resources. The sequence would make more sense if we called 279 resources. The sequence would make more sense if we called
@@ -605,40 +603,7 @@ device lists. This is still possible but discouraged.
605 603
606 604
607 605
60810. pci_enable_device_bars() and Legacy I/O Port space 60610. MMIO Space and "Write Posting"
609~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
610
611Large servers may not be able to provide I/O port resources to all PCI
612devices. I/O Port space is only 64KB on Intel Architecture[1] and is
613likely also fragmented since the I/O base register of PCI-to-PCI
614bridge will usually be aligned to a 4KB boundary[2]. On such systems,
615pci_enable_device() and pci_request_region() will fail when
616attempting to enable I/O Port regions that don't have I/O Port
617resources assigned.
618
619Fortunately, many PCI devices which request I/O Port resources also
620provide access to the same registers via MMIO BARs. These devices can
621be handled without using I/O port space and the drivers typically
622offer a CONFIG_ option to only use MMIO regions
623(e.g. CONFIG_TULIP_MMIO). PCI devices typically provide I/O port
624interface for legacy OSes and will work when I/O port resources are not
625assigned. The "PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 3.0" discusses
626this on p.44, "IMPLEMENTATION NOTE".
627
628If your PCI device driver doesn't need I/O port resources assigned to
629I/O Port BARs, you should use pci_enable_device_bars() instead of
630pci_enable_device() in order not to enable I/O port regions for the
631corresponding devices. In addition, you should use
632pci_request_selected_regions() and pci_release_selected_regions()
633instead of pci_request_regions()/pci_release_regions() in order not to
634request/release I/O port regions for the corresponding devices.
635
636[1] Some systems support 64KB I/O port space per PCI segment.
637[2] Some PCI-to-PCI bridges support optional 1KB aligned I/O base.
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64111. MMIO Space and "Write Posting"
642~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 607~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
643 608
644Converting a driver from using I/O Port space to using MMIO space 609Converting a driver from using I/O Port space to using MMIO space