Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:30:39 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEW_PCIB and arm take 3 (4?) Message-ID: <20140910213039.GB82175@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <74248385.OR9iBtFISv@ralph.baldwin.cx> References: <74248385.OR9iBtFISv@ralph.baldwin.cx>
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John Baldwin wrote this message on Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 17:19 -0400: > The plan for NEW_PCIB was for it to be a temporary option that would > eventually become the default on all platforms. I have long had patches to > provide the one step of infrastructure (namely implementing "real" > bus_activate_resource methods) for various arm chipsets, but I haven't been > able to get anyone to review or test them. I'm about at the point of just > committing them in a week barring any specific reports from testers or > reviewers. > > You can read more about what NEW_PCIB is at: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/NEW_PCIB > > These patches aim to implement step 2 from that wiki page. However, I have no > way to test them (and to be honest, I haven't recently tested to see if they > will compile. I will ensure make universe passes before pushing them in if it > comes down to that.) > > http://people.freebsd.org/~jhb/patches/arm_activate2.patch > > As I noted previously, I don't know how to properly fix i80321_pci in large > part because I do not understand what it is doing. Warner had previously > suggested just dropping it and if the consensus is to do that, I'd be much > obliged for someone to make it so. As before, I can test on AVILA (ixp425)... What's the best way to test the patch? Just apply, build, boot and verify that things come up sanely? If so, I'll have results for you soon.. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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