Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/4] NE2000 driver updates | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 14 May 2003 12:02:07 +0100 |
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On Mer, 2003-05-14 at 08:29, Riley Williams wrote:
> If there's going to be any problems, it's with devices claiming the > same IOaddr as each other - and certain addresses are far too common > where that's concerned - especially 0x0300 through 0x031F which are > almost universal in their use !!!!!!!
This is why you have to get the ordering right. Specifically you have to deal with probe unsafe hardware (ie ne2000) early. Once you've checked 0x300 isnt an NE2000 its generally safe to probe there, before that its a very bad idea. Space.c knows about this and a vast amount more.
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