lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2000]   [Dec]   [9]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
SubjectRe: pdev_enable_device no longer used ?
Date
From
> - A driver that blindly shoe-horns some value for the cache-line size must
> be fixed. Basically, it should not change the value if it is not zero and,
> at least, warn user if it has changed the value because it was zero.
>
> What are the strong reasons that let some POST softwares not fill properly
> the cache line size of PCI devices ?

In part because it is not required to, and on x86 because there may be no
PCI configuration before the OS loader completes

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

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 12:51    [W:0.063 / U:2.840 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site