amdk8_scan_chains() questions

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> Stefan Reinauer <stepan at openbios.org> writes:
> 
> > * Liu Tao <liutao at safe-mail.net> [040922 04:57]:
> > >    I googled some results of amdk8 linuxbios, and seems after 
> > > dev_enumerate() AMD8111 is not at bus0. So does it mean 
> when we are 
> > > running from the BIOS ROM the IO HUB must be at bus0, and when we 
> > > are running in RAM the bus number doesn't matter?
> 
> Yes.  So long as linux can find it.  We just put it at
> bus 0 as convenience so we can find it easily.
> 
> Putting the hypertransport chains on their own bus is clearer 
> reflection of reality than putting extra devices on bus 0.

It's even simpler than that. Before the HT and IO routing is initialized the
BIOS ROM access happens because of an HT feature called the compatibility
bit. This bit is set for all accesses that are not covered by any routing
table io/memory/mem-mapped-io etc. Requests with the compatibility bit set
are routed down the link with the IO hub on it and generally, 8131 can route
to the PCI bus, these end up in the southbridge/iohub which in the case of
ROM BIOS address routes to the ROM.

Once the HT and routing is initialized BIOS ROM addresses would be routed to
by the routing tables to the BIOS rom, this may be on Bus 0 or Bus 1 or any
other number, as long as the routing tables are appropriately setup.

Chris