Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | | Date | Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:48:47 +0000 (GMT) | | From | Riley Williams <> | | Subject | Re: CONFIG_PCI_BIOS in 2.1.132 |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
>> I think we should not silently assume we should use the PCI BIOS >> if the user has selected neither PCI BIOS nor PCI direct access. >> If neither is selected, the PCI driver just refuses to compile and >> tells the user he should configure it properly.
> That appears to confuse the user base greatly. Maybe someone should > implement either/or in Config.in ?
Does the following patch help here? If so, propogate it as required across architectures...
Best wishes from Riley.
===8<=== CUT ===>8=== --- linux-2.1.131/arch/i386/config.in.orig Sun Dec 20 15:42:42 1998 +++ linux-2.1.131/arch/i386/config.in Wed Dec 23 08:45:01 1998 @@ -36,15 +36,13 @@ comment 'General setup' bool 'Networking support' CONFIG_NET bool 'PCI support' CONFIG_PCI if [ "$CONFIG_PCI" = "y" ]; then - bool ' PCI BIOS support' CONFIG_PCI_BIOS - bool ' PCI direct access support' CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT - if [ "$CONFIG_PCI_BIOS" = "n" -a "$CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT" = "n" ]; then - define_bool CONFIG_PCI_BIOS "y" - fi + choice ' PCI support type' \ + "BIOS CONFIG_PCI_BIOS \ + Direct CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT" BIOS bool ' PCI quirks' CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS if [ "$CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS" = "y" -a "$CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL" = "y" ]; then bool ' PCI bridge optimization (experimental)' CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE fi bool ' Backward-compatible /proc/pci' CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC ===8<=== CUT ===>8===
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