Re: [patch 2.5] PCI: allow alternative methods for probing the BARs

[Anton Blanchard]

> Hopefully this patch should solve most problems with probing the BARs.
> The changes are quite minimal as everything still is done in one pass.
> - Added another level of fixups (PCI_FIXUP_EARLY), called with only
>   device/vendor IDs and class code filled in, before sizing the BARs.
> - pci_read_bases won't probe the BAR if the respective resource has
>   non-zero flags.
> 
> This allows to implement numerous alternative probing methods for
> particular architecture/device/BAR. Some of possible variants:
> get information from firmware and don't touch the BAR at all;

This sounds useful on ppc64 where firmware does a good job of setting
up the BARs.

Anton