Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 06 Aug 1999 13:23:47 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: New resources - pls, explain :-( |
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Martin Mares wrote: > > Hi, > > > How does a device know the region is not in use, if the generic PCI code takes > > care of that? > > Is there any reason for devices knowing that about regions? > > I think that allocation of whole PCI devices (see pci_request_device() > in my PCI patch posted on yesterday evening) should be enough.
I know I am a special case :) but: What is to be done about ugly situations like multi-head video cards sharing the same VGA I/O regions? Or with vgacon not releasing the VGA I/O region when fbcon takes over?
Right now my drivers completely ignore the new kernel resource code...
Thanks,
Jeff
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