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On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 06:30, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> doesn't this also break PCI Vis-EG and FX cards setup ? On these
> cards the ROM contains PARISC firmware, which we need.

Only if we physically need acess to the ROMs from the linux driver after
the firmware is used...this is rarely true, even on x86.  I'm afraid I
only have GSC Vis-EG cards, so I can't test this though.

James