[PATCH 0/3] pci: add support for firmware initialized designware RCs

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Thu Aug 31 12:21:54 PDT 2017


On 24 August 2017 at 17:46, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas at kernel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 08:29:04PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> UEFI based systems incorporating a Synopsys Designware PCIe controller
>> in RC mode will typically configure it before entering the OS. If this
>> configuration is fully static and ECAM compliant, there is no need to
>> expose particulars of the device to the OS, and we can simply describe
>> it as "pci-host-ecam-generic".
>
> I *love* the idea of moving more of this to firmware.

Enough to consider the v3 of this series for v4.14? Rob has acked the
binding, and as far as I am aware. it is ultimately up to you whether
and when you take them as a pair. Also, I don't mind being listed as
maintainer and/or reviewer either if it helps.

Thanks,
Ard.



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