From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Andrey Panin <pazke@orbita.don.sitek.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media/radio [check_region() removal... ]
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 08:50:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A0AABA0.65CC42FA@mandrakesoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E13trtf-0001A3-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > 2) i found that some net drivers (3c527.c, sk_mca.c) use io region and
> > don't call request_region() at all. Should they be fixed ?
>
> Probably.
>
> MCA bus ensures there can be no collisions of I/O space but it does mean the
> user cannot see what is where as is
Ditto for PCI... it's also a good idea to do it so that another driver
doesn't trample on your I/O space. I don't think there are any
de4x5/tulip type situations for MCA, but ya never know...
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-09 0:03 [PATCH] media/radio [check_region() removal... ] Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2000-11-09 0:13 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-09 0:29 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2000-11-09 4:02 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-09 13:06 ` Andrey Panin
2000-11-09 13:08 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-09 13:37 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-09 13:50 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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2000-11-09 15:36 Russell Kroll
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