lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2002]   [Dec]   [28]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]  [less markup]  [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
DateSat, 28 Dec 2002 22:04:01 +0100
FromWilly Tarreau <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] aic7xxx bouncing over 4G
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 12:13:38PM -0700, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> The main reason why the new driver "breaks" where the old one
> doesn't is that the new driver does not perform an extra register
> read to work-around chipsets that screw up memory mapped I/O.

Thanks for this clear description, Justin. I now understand why I've had
problems in the past with earlier versions here, since I have other devices
(eg dl2k) which can't do MMIO on my system.

Cheers,
Willy

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 12:31    [W:0.204 / U:0.000 seconds]
©2003-2008 Jasper Spaans