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From: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] I2O: don't disable PCI device if it is enabled	before probing
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:33:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43DE6A06.9030707@shadowconnect.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1138645069.31089.79.camel@localhost.localdomain>

Hello,

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Maw, 2006-01-24 at 00:29 +0100, Markus Lidel wrote:
>> Changes:
>> --------
>> - If PCI device is enabled before probing, it will not be disabled at
>>    exit.
> Looks ok for this case but be warned that pdev->is_enabled is not a safe
> check for many devices as the may be BIOS critical, or video for example
> but not in the Linux list of things _it_ enabled.

I've searched for a function enabled() or so, but didn't find anything. 
Could you tell me the right way to do it normally?

Thanks for the hint!

Best regards,


Markus Lidel
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  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-30 19:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-23 23:29 [PATCH 1/2] I2O: don't disable PCI device if it is enabled before probing Markus Lidel
2006-01-30 18:17 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-30 19:33   ` Markus Lidel [this message]
2006-01-30 23:01     ` PCI layer: Need for enable/disable counting (was disable PCI device if it is enabled before probing) Alan Cox
2006-01-31  9:31       ` Markus Lidel

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