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Subject: Re: Ignore disabled ROM resources at setup
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On Llu, 2005-08-29 at 22:15 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I'm sure X plays games with this register (I suspect that's why the Matrox 
> thing broke in the first place), but I don't think it should do so while 
> the kernel uses it. 

X maps it over ram during matrox set up but that is all it uses it for.
X can also be persuaded to do it differently given a suitable kernel
API.