Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:20:25 -0500 (EST) | From | Ion Badulescu <> | Subject | Re: Funky PCI bug. |
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On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Dan Merillat wrote:
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> Oh, and before anyone tells me to read include/linux/pci.h... > the 3940 works fine in most boards... and has been working with linux for > quite some time. It's just this one old MB that tickles the bug.
There is no way to use a PCI board if the BIOS does not do its job. You can't even leave it in, as it will most likely conflict (I/O portwise) with the other PCI boards; the BIOS won't know about it and won't reconfigure it. As Linux relies entirely on the BIOS for PCI management... it can't really do anything to prevent such problems.
Ionut
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