From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267865AbUG3WWS (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:22:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267864AbUG3WWR (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:22:17 -0400 Received: from elvis.franken.de ([193.175.24.41]:1981 "EHLO elvis.franken.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267862AbUG3WUe (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:20:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:18:19 +0200 To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Jon Smirl , Jesse Barnes , Christoph Hellwig , lkml , linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: Exposing ROM's though sysfs Message-ID: <20040730221819.GA24473@solo.franken.de> References: <20040730181205.GW10025@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040730185921.99631.qmail@web14929.mail.yahoo.com> <20040730190456.GZ10025@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040730190456.GZ10025@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 08:04:56PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:59:21AM -0700, Jon Smirl wrote: > > Alan Cox knows more about this, but I believe there is only one PCI > > card in existence that does this. > > Strange; he was the one who pointed out this requirement to me in the > first place and he hinted that many devices did this. Just to name an example I know, HP Visualize EG or FXe (can't remember which one right now) PCI cards, have this sort of restriction ... Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a good idea. [ Alexander Viro on linux-kernel ]