[SeaBIOS] [SeaBIOS PATCH v2] hotplug: Add device per func in ACPI DSDT tables

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Wed Sep 21 14:47:39 CEST 2011


On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 02:09:08PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 01:39:22AM -0400, Amos Kong wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > How about moving code into functions so that it isn't duplicated for
> > > each PCI device.  See the patch below as an example (100% untested).
> 
> Hmm, I sent patches that did a similar thing but
> in a slightly more compact way.
> Message ids:
> 20110919092932.GB4501 at redhat.com
> 20110919093644.GC4501 at redhat.com
> 20110919100434.GA6764 at redhat.com
> 
> Did they not reach you or something's wrong with them?

I received them, but when I saw Amos' v2 patch I thought he included
them.

> > > +        /* Bulk generated PCI hotplug devices */
> > > +#define hotplug_func(nr, fn)                            \
> > > +        Device (S##nr##fn) {                            \
> > > +            Name (_ADR, 0x##nr##000##fn)                \
> > > +            Method (_EJ0, 1) { Return(PCEJ(0x##nr)) }   \
> > > +            Name (_SUN, 0x##nr)                         \
> > > +        }
> 
> The fundamental question is still why would
> we have _EJ0 methods in functions >0 when they are
> not individually hotpluggable.
> I think only function 0 should have _EJ0.

I don't know the answer to this question.

Maybe we should just collapse the current definitions and then put the
fixes and enhancements on top of the collapsed version.

-Kevin



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