I've tried everything you mentioned and I still get the same problem. The only thing that seems to avoid that issue is if I reduce the aperture size from 0x2000000000ull to 0x2000000ull.
Here is the relevant section of code: static const unsigned long long BAR_Regions[6][2] = { // len , type { 0x2000000ull, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY | PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_TYPE_64} , //BAR0, { 0, 0} , // BAR1 { 0x2000000ull, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_IO } , //BAR2, { 0, 0} , // BAR3 for MSI-X { 0, 0} , // BAR4 { 0, 0} , // BAR5 }; static int pcie_msix_initfn(PCIDevice *pci_dev) { PCIE_MSIX_DEVState *d = DO_UPCAST(PCIE_MSIX_DEVState, dev, pci_dev); PCIBridge *br = DO_UPCAST(PCIBridge, dev, pci_dev); PCIEPort *p = DO_UPCAST(PCIEPort, br, br); int rc, i; PRINT_DEBUG("%s: PCIE MSIX Device init...\n", __FUNCTION__); pci_config_set_vendor_id(d->dev.config, PCIE_MSIX_VID); pci_config_set_device_id(d->dev.config, PCIE_MSIX_DID); memcpy(d->dev.config, g_cfg_init, sizeof(g_cfg_init[0x20])); d->mmio_index = cpu_register_io_memory(pcie_msix_mem_read_fn, pcie_msix_mem_write_fn, d); int msix_mem_bar = 0; // Since its a 64bit BAR, we take up BAR0 & BAR1 int msix_io_bar = 2; int msix_mmio_bar = 3; pci_register_bar(&d->dev, msix_mem_bar, BAR_Regions[msix_mem_bar][0], BAR_Regions[msix_mem_bar][1], pcie_msix_mem_map); pci_register_bar(&d->dev, msix_io_bar, BAR_Regions[msix_io_bar][0], BAR_Regions[msix_io_bar][1], pcie_msix_io_map); rc = msix_init(&d->dev, d->vectors, msix_mmio_bar, 0); if (!rc) { PRINT_DEBUG("%s: Registering Bar %i as I/O BAR\n", __FUNCTION__, msix_mmio_bar); pci_register_bar(&d->dev, msix_mmio_bar, msix_bar_size(&d->dev), PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY, msix_mmio_map); PRINT_DEBUG("%s: MSI-X initialized (%d vectors)\n", __FUNCTION__, d->vectors); } else { PRINT_DEBUG("%s: MSI-X initialization failed!\n", __FUNCTION__); return rc; } // Activate the vectors for (i = 0; i < d->vectors; i++) { msix_vector_use(&d->dev, i); } rc = pci_pcie_cap_init(&d->dev, PCIE_MSIX_EXP_OFFSET, PCI_EXP_TYPE_ENDPOINT, p->port); if (rc < 0) { return rc; } pcie_cap_flr_init(&d->dev, &pcie_msix_flr); pcie_cap_deverr_init(&d->dev); pcie_cap_ari_init(&d->dev); rc = pcie_aer_init(&d->dev, PCIE_MSIX_AER_OFFSET); if (rc < 0) { return rc; } PRINT_DEBUG("%s: Init done\n", __FUNCTION__); return 0; } Another question I have is why doesn't the device show up when I try a cat /proc/interrupts. linux-an84:~/AriesKernelModules/gni/aries/ghal # cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 694 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 6 IO-APIC-edge i8042 4: 753 IO-APIC-edge serial 8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc0 9: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 89 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 3522 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix 15: 785 IO-APIC-edge ata_piix 16: 162 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0 4344: 0 PCI-MSI-edge aerdrv 4345: 0 PCI-MSI-edge aerdrv 4346: 0 PCI-MSI-edge aerdrv 4347: 0 PCI-MSI-edge aerdrv 4348: 0 PCI-MSI-edge aerdrv 4349: 0 PCI-MSI-edge aerdrv 4350: 0 PCI-MSI-edge aerdrv 4351: 0 PCI-MSI-edge aerdrv NMI: 0 Non-maskable interrupts LOC: 107095 Local timer interrupts RES: 0 Rescheduling interrupts CAL: 0 function call interrupts TLB: 0 TLB shootdowns TRM: 0 Thermal event interrupts THR: 0 Threshold APIC interrupts SPU: 0 Spurious interrupts ERR: 0 Shouldn't there be an entry for the MSI-X device? Thanks for all your input. AK _____ Probably what you want is something like { 0x2000000000ull, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY | PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_TYPE_64} , //BAR0 { 0, 0} , //BAR1 // 64bit BAR occupies 2 BAR entries so that BAR1 can't be used. { 0x2000000ull, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_IO } , //BAR2 { 0, 0} , //BAR3 // for MSI-X { 0, 0} , //BAR4 { 0, 0} //BAR5