Re: [Fwd: Re: [PATCH 0/5]PCI: x86 MMCONFIG]

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Tony Camuso wrote:
Robert Hancock wrote:

First off, I would like to see confirmation from the horses's mouths here (namely AMD, ServerWorks/Broadcom, and whoever else) that there is no other way to get around this problem than disabling MMCONFIG for accesses behind those chips.


I happen to have this one stored in my desktop.

 From AMD-8132TM HyperTransportTM
     PCI-X®2.0 Tunnel
      Revision Guide

http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/30801.pdf

79 AMD-8132TM Tunnel Lacks Extended Configuration
        Space Memory-Mapped I/O Base Address Register

Description

Current AMD processors do not natively support PCI-defined extended configuration space. A memory mapped I/O base address register (MMIO BAR) is required in chipset devices to support extended
configuration space. The AMD-8132 does not have this MMIO BAR.
Potential Effect On System

The AMD-8132 is a PCI-X® Mode 2 capable device and requires the MMIO BAR to support extended configuration space. Using a device which does have this MMIO BAR and an AMD-8132 on the same HyperTransportTM link of the processor may cause firmware/software problems.

The base configuration space of the AMD-8132 and PCI(-X) devices attached to it are accessible using only the mechanism defined in PCI 2.3. Registers of PCI-X Mode 2 devices attached to the AMD-8132 in the extended configuration space are not accessible. The AMD-8132 has no registers in the extended
configuration space.

Suggested Workaround

It is strongly recommended that system designers do not connect the AMD-8132 and devices that use extended configuration space MMIO BARs (ex: HyperTransport-to-PCI Express® bridges) to the same processor
HyperTransport link.

Fix Planned
No

That does sound fairly definitive. I have to wonder why certain system designers then didn't follow their strong recommendation..

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