Re: [coreboot] [RFC] kill unwanted_vpci, use "hidden" property instead

[Stefan Reinauer]

ron minnich wrote:
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Stefan Reinauer  wrote:
> > Why would you not hide a non-enabled device?
>
> in some cases we actually have to allocate the BARs and so on and
> leave it disabled -- we don't know if the OS wants it, but if the OS
> wants it, it has to work. This is one of the less intuitive bits of
> the device bringup process.

Which device is that?
> > In Linux it is, isn't it? I thought to remember it won't show devices
> > with no BARs set up..
>
> yep, we actually have to set up the BARs even if it is not enabled in
> the tree. We can't leave the OS in a situtation where it can't use the
> device.

What does pci xx.x off end do then?