machine check when some devices' config space
                                is read. But various workarounds are disabled
                                and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
+               bfsort          Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
+                               This sorting is done to get a device
+                               order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
+               nobfsort        Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
+
        pcmv=           [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
 
        pd.             [PARIDE]
 
 unsigned int pci_probe = PCI_PROBE_BIOS | PCI_PROBE_CONF1 | PCI_PROBE_CONF2 |
                                PCI_PROBE_MMCONF;
 
+int pci_bf_sort;
 int pci_routeirq;
 int pcibios_last_bus = -1;
 unsigned long pirq_table_addr;
        pci_read_bridge_bases(b);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Only use DMI information to set this if nothing was passed
+ * on the kernel command line (which was parsed earlier).
+ */
+
+static int __devinit set_bf_sort(struct dmi_system_id *d)
+{
+       if (pci_bf_sort == pci_bf_sort_default) {
+               pci_bf_sort = pci_dmi_bf;
+               printk(KERN_INFO "PCI: %s detected, enabling pci=bfsort.\n", d->ident);
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Enable renumbering of PCI bus# ranges to reach all PCI busses (Cardbus)
  */
 }
 #endif
 
+static struct dmi_system_id __devinitdata pciprobe_dmi_table[] = {
+#ifdef __i386__
 /*
  * Laptops which need pci=assign-busses to see Cardbus cards
  */
-static struct dmi_system_id __devinitdata pciprobe_dmi_table[] = {
-#ifdef __i386__
        {
                .callback = assign_all_busses,
                .ident = "Samsung X20 Laptop",
                },
        },
 #endif         /* __i386__ */
+       {
+               .callback = set_bf_sort,
+               .ident = "Dell PowerEdge 1950",
+               .matches = {
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell"),
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PowerEdge 1950"),
+               },
+       },
+       {
+               .callback = set_bf_sort,
+               .ident = "Dell PowerEdge 1955",
+               .matches = {
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell"),
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PowerEdge 1955"),
+               },
+       },
+       {
+               .callback = set_bf_sort,
+               .ident = "Dell PowerEdge 2900",
+               .matches = {
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell"),
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PowerEdge 2900"),
+               },
+       },
+       {
+               .callback = set_bf_sort,
+               .ident = "Dell PowerEdge 2950",
+               .matches = {
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell"),
+                       DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "PowerEdge 2950"),
+               },
+       },
        {}
 };
 
 
        pcibios_resource_survey();
 
+       if (pci_bf_sort >= pci_force_bf)
+               pci_sort_breadthfirst();
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_BIOS
        if ((pci_probe & PCI_BIOS_SORT) && !(pci_probe & PCI_NO_SORT))
                pcibios_sort();
        if (!strcmp(str, "off")) {
                pci_probe = 0;
                return NULL;
+       } else if (!strcmp(str, "bfsort")) {
+               pci_bf_sort = pci_force_bf;
+               return NULL;
+       } else if (!strcmp(str, "nobfsort")) {
+               pci_bf_sort = pci_force_nobf;
+               return NULL;
        }
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_BIOS
        else if (!strcmp(str, "bios")) {
 
 extern unsigned int pci_probe;
 extern unsigned long pirq_table_addr;
 
+enum pci_bf_sort_state {
+       pci_bf_sort_default,
+       pci_force_nobf,
+       pci_force_bf,
+       pci_dmi_bf,
+};
+
 /* pci-i386.c */
 
 extern unsigned int pcibios_max_latency;
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_scan_single_device);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_scan_child_bus);
 #endif
+
+static int __init pci_sort_bf_cmp(const struct pci_dev *a, const struct pci_dev *b)
+{
+       if      (pci_domain_nr(a->bus) < pci_domain_nr(b->bus)) return -1;
+       else if (pci_domain_nr(a->bus) > pci_domain_nr(b->bus)) return  1;
+
+       if      (a->bus->number < b->bus->number) return -1;
+       else if (a->bus->number > b->bus->number) return  1;
+
+       if      (a->devfn < b->devfn) return -1;
+       else if (a->devfn > b->devfn) return  1;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Yes, this forcably breaks the klist abstraction temporarily.  It
+ * just wants to sort the klist, not change reference counts and
+ * take/drop locks rapidly in the process.  It does all this while
+ * holding the lock for the list, so objects can't otherwise be
+ * added/removed while we're swizzling.
+ */
+static void __init pci_insertion_sort_klist(struct pci_dev *a, struct list_head *list)
+{
+       struct list_head *pos;
+       struct klist_node *n;
+       struct device *dev;
+       struct pci_dev *b;
+
+       list_for_each(pos, list) {
+               n = container_of(pos, struct klist_node, n_node);
+               dev = container_of(n, struct device, knode_bus);
+               b = to_pci_dev(dev);
+               if (pci_sort_bf_cmp(a, b) <= 0) {
+                       list_move_tail(&a->dev.knode_bus.n_node, &b->dev.knode_bus.n_node);
+                       return;
+               }
+       }
+       list_move_tail(&a->dev.knode_bus.n_node, list);
+}
+
+static void __init pci_sort_breadthfirst_klist(void)
+{
+       LIST_HEAD(sorted_devices);
+       struct list_head *pos, *tmp;
+       struct klist_node *n;
+       struct device *dev;
+       struct pci_dev *pdev;
+
+       spin_lock(&pci_bus_type.klist_devices.k_lock);
+       list_for_each_safe(pos, tmp, &pci_bus_type.klist_devices.k_list) {
+               n = container_of(pos, struct klist_node, n_node);
+               dev = container_of(n, struct device, knode_bus);
+               pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
+               pci_insertion_sort_klist(pdev, &sorted_devices);
+       }
+       list_splice(&sorted_devices, &pci_bus_type.klist_devices.k_list);
+       spin_unlock(&pci_bus_type.klist_devices.k_lock);
+}
+
+static void __init pci_insertion_sort_devices(struct pci_dev *a, struct list_head *list)
+{
+       struct pci_dev *b;
+
+       list_for_each_entry(b, list, global_list) {
+               if (pci_sort_bf_cmp(a, b) <= 0) {
+                       list_move_tail(&a->global_list, &b->global_list);
+                       return;
+               }
+       }
+       list_move_tail(&a->global_list, list);
+}
+
+static void __init pci_sort_breadthfirst_devices(void)
+{
+       LIST_HEAD(sorted_devices);
+       struct pci_dev *dev, *tmp;
+
+       down_write(&pci_bus_sem);
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, &pci_devices, global_list) {
+               pci_insertion_sort_devices(dev, &sorted_devices);
+       }
+       list_splice(&sorted_devices, &pci_devices);
+       up_write(&pci_bus_sem);
+}
+
+void __init pci_sort_breadthfirst(void)
+{
+       pci_sort_breadthfirst_devices();
+       pci_sort_breadthfirst_klist();
+}
+
 
 extern void pci_remove_bus_device(struct pci_dev *dev);
 extern void pci_stop_bus_device(struct pci_dev *dev);
 void pci_setup_cardbus(struct pci_bus *bus);
+extern void pci_sort_breadthfirst(void);
 
 /* Generic PCI functions exported to card drivers */