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DateTue, 25 Dec 2007 10:22:35 +0100
FromMartin Mares <>
SubjectRe: [patch] Make MMCONFIG space (extended PCI config space) a driver opt-in issue
Hello!

> (and yes I realize this needs lspci to be expanded some to set the
> flag if the admin really asks for it, but such is life)

Reading past the first 256 bytes of the sysfs file should be enough
-- only root can do that (other users get only 64 bytes anyway) and
problems with reading random registers have hopefully taught programs
not to read blindly a long time ago.

				Have a nice fortnight
-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares                          <mj@ucw.cz>   http://mj.ucw.cz/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
Never make any mistaeks.


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