From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267846AbUG3VIB (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:08:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267848AbUG3VIA (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:08:00 -0400 Received: from web14921.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.225.5]:48485 "HELO web14921.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267846AbUG3VH4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:07:56 -0400 Message-ID: <20040730210755.23849.qmail@web14921.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:07:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: Exposing ROM's though sysfs To: Jesse Barnes , linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Cc: Martin Mares , Jon Smirl , Matthew Wilcox , Christoph Hellwig , lkml , Alan Cox In-Reply-To: <200407301349.12020.jbarnes@engr.sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Jesse Barnes wrote: > We can get away without caching a copy of the ROM in the kernel if we > require > userspace to cache it before the driver takes control of the card > (i.e. at > POST time). Otherwise, the kernel will have to take care of it. You may also need ROM access when resuming a suspended device so we need to plan for that case too. > > Jesse > ===== Jon Smirl jonsmirl@yahoo.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com