From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from elvis.franken.de (elvis.franken.de [193.175.24.41]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAF364854 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:46:37 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:38:58 +0100 To: James Bottomley Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] proposed changes to dino.c Message-ID: <20031212153858.GA5892@solo.franken.de> References: <1071031038.1977.1.camel@mulgrave> <20031210045429.GA18782@colo.lackof.org> <1071093265.1730.27.camel@mulgrave> <20031212074838.GA16885@colo.lackof.org> <20031212113025.GA4814@solo.franken.de> <1071241233.1814.9.camel@mulgrave> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1071241233.1814.9.camel@mulgrave> From: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer) Cc: Grant Grundler , PARISC list List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 10:00:29AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 06:30, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote: > > doesn't this also break PCI Vis-EG and FX cards setup ? On these > > cards the ROM contains PARISC firmware, which we need. > > Only if we physically need acess to the ROMs from the linux driver after > the firmware is used...this is rarely true, even on x86. I'm afraid I > only have GSC Vis-EG cards, so I can't test this though. sticon/stifb map the PCI ROM to copy out routines and fonts during startup of the drivers. Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a good idea. [ Alexander Viro on linux-kernel ]