Re: [PATCH] quiet non-x86 option ROM warnings

Andrew Vasquez
2005-02-17T23:45:42Z

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:47:15 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > We could provide additional helpers, like pci_find_rom_partition(),
> > which takes the architecture code as an argument. It would check the
> > signature, and iterate all "partitions" til it finds the proper
> > architecture (or none).
>
> The spec allows for it but has anyone actually seen a ROM with
> multiple images in it? I haven't but I only work on x86.
>

Yes. Many SCSI and fibre-channel cards carry multiple images.

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Andrew Vasquez