[coreboot] Interesting device enumeration problem

Myles Watson mylesgw at gmail.com
Tue Jul 7 19:16:16 CEST 2009


> Myles Watson wrote:
> > I guess I was also asking what it means for a device to be
> > disabled.
> 
> Disabled how? In Config.lb ?
Yes.

> > Does that mean that we don't touch it at all?
> > Should we read config space values from a disabled device?
> 
> My gut reaction is that reading config space also from disabled
> devices ought to be OK.
> 
> Counter-question: What are the reasons for disabling a device?

The reason I'm doing it is the device is flaky.  I can't trust what I get
back from it.  Sometimes it doesn't respond at all.  Another reason would be
for onboard graphics that you don't want to use.

Thanks,
Myles





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