Re: [patch] Make MMCONFIG space (extended PCI config space) a driver opt-in issue

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > And yes, if you want the capability following to notice automatically when
> > > capabilities really do go into the 0x100+ range, that's fine. I suspect 
> > Yes, we /must/ do this checking, if we don't already.
>
> Hell no. If the user asked for mmconfig to be disabled, it needs to be 
> disabled, because it may well be broken and non-working. It's better to 
> not see some capabilities than to lock up the machine.

I think my short response created confusion.  I was only saying that we 
should check for capability overruns, if we don't already[1].

I wasn't saying anything about mmconfig in that sentence, sorry.

Let's pop this sub-thread off the stack, and jump to your "Sounds like a 
plan?" train of thought.

	Jeff



[1] Lioc's response seems to imply my worry about overruns is unfounded.
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