Odd.  I knew the resource allocation stuff has it's issues for some
non-trivial configuration but that one is a new one.  Which makes me
wonder if your platform runs the PCI code in probe-only mode where it
will not actually assign resources but only inherit the whole PCI setup
except interrupt routing from the firmware.

What MIPS platform do you use?  I'd like to take a look at its PCI setup
code.

I am using the MDS 810 STB as provided by MDS
(http://www.mds.com/products/product.asp?prod=MDS-810). The kernel and
entire environment (except my driver) was set up by MDS. uname output is
as follows.

 # uname -a
Linux 10.41.13.87 2.6.19PNX8550 #1 Wed Nov 21 14:55:52 EST 2007 mips
unknown

If I can provide additional information for you I'd be happy to help.

Thanks,
Jon