From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [Dri-devel] Re: DRM and pci_driver conversion Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:19:20 -0400 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3F987E18.9080606@pobox.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Jon Smirl , Eric Anholt , kronos@kronoz.cjb.net, Kernel Mailing List , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dri-devel Linus Torvalds wrote: > [ Jeff: is that PCI ROM enable _really_ that complicated? Ouch. Or is > there some helper function I missed? ] The mechanics aren't complicated, but I seem to recall there being a Real Good Reason why you want to leave it disabled 99% of the time. No, I don't recall that reason :( But my fuzzy memory seems to think that "enable, grab a slice o 'rom, disable" was viable. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/