Hi,

I ran the yum update on fedora core and installed 2.6.17-r1

after te update i received the following error:

> PCI: BUIS Bug: MCFG area is not E820-reserved
> PCI: Not using MMCONFIG

I ran the update on a HP dc7600u, I tried to boot from a previous kernel however the system crashed and my bios was wiped !

I couldn't flash build the bios so had to get the pc replaced - the problem I now have is running the udate again and the same issue occuring.

anyone have any idea's how to resolve this issue?

Many Many Thanks

Chris

I also found the following info:

> On my HP dc7600U the last messages printed are:
>
> PCI: BUIS Bug: MCFG area is not E820-reserved
> PCI: Not using MMCONFIG

I posted this today. Please test. It is less picky and will print
the address of the MMCONFIG area if it fails.

--- 2.6.17-rc6-64.orig/arch/i386/pci/mmconfig.c
+++ 2.6.17-rc6-64/arch/i386/pci/mmconfig.c
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
#include <asm/e820.h>
#include "pci.h"

-#define MMCONFIG_APER_SIZE (256*1024*1024)
+/* aperture is up to 256MB but BIOS may reserve less */
+#define MMCONFIG_APER_MIN (2 * 1024*1024)
+#define MMCONFIG_APER_MAX (256 * 1024*1024)

/* Assume systems with more busses have correct MCFG */
#define MAX_CHECK_BUS 16
@@ -197,9 +199,10 @@ void __init pci_mmcfg_init(void)
return;

if (!e820_all_mapped(pci_mmcfg_config[0].base_address,
- pci_mmcfg_config[0].base_address + MMCONFIG_APER_SIZE,
+ pci_mmcfg_config[0].base_address + MMCONFIG_APER_MIN,
E820_RESERVED)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area is not E820-reserved\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at %x is not E820-reserved\n",
+ pci_mmcfg_config[0].base_address);
printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: Not using MMCONFIG.\n");
return;
}
--- 2.6.17-rc6-64.orig/arch/x86_64/pci/mmconfig.c
+++ 2.6.17-rc6-64/arch/x86_64/pci/mmconfig.c
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@

#include "pci.h"

-#define MMCONFIG_APER_SIZE (256*1024*1024)
+/* aperture is up to 256MB but BIOS may reserve less */
+#define MMCONFIG_APER_MIN (2 * 1024*1024)
+#define MMCONFIG_APER_MAX (256 * 1024*1024)
+
/* Verify the first 16 busses. We assume that systems with more busses
get MCFG right. */
#define MAX_CHECK_BUS 16
@@ -175,9 +178,10 @@ void __init pci_mmcfg_init(void)
return;

if (!e820_all_mapped(pci_mmcfg_config[0].base_address,
- pci_mmcfg_config[0].base_address + MMCONFIG_APER_SIZE,
+ pci_mmcfg_config[0].base_address + MMCONFIG_APER_MIN,
E820_RESERVED)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area is not E820-reserved\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at %x is not E820-reserved\n",
+ pci_mmcfg_config[0].base_address);
printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: Not using MMCONFIG.\n");
return;
}
@@ -190,7 +194,8 @@ void __init pci_mmcfg_init(void)
}
for (i = 0; i < pci_mmcfg_config_num; ++i) {
pci_mmcfg_virt[i].cfg = &pci_mmcfg_config[i];
- pci_mmcfg_virt[i].virt = ioremap_nocache(pci_mmcfg_config[i].base_address, MMCONFIG_APER_SIZE);
+ pci_mmcfg_virt[i].virt = ioremap_nocache(pci_mmcfg_config[i].base_address,
+ MMCONFIG_APER_MAX);
if (!pci_mmcfg_virt[i].virt) {
printk("PCI: Cannot map mmconfig aperture for segment %d\n",
pci_mmcfg_config[i].pci_segment_group_number);
--
Chuck