Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:49:25 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: sym53c875: reading /proc causes SCSI parity error | From | "David S. Miller" <> |
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From: Gérard Roudier <groudier@free.fr> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:51:01 +0100 (CET)
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, David S. Miller wrote:
> Why not just put some bitmap pointer into the pci device > struct. If it is non-NULL, it specifies PCI config space > areas which have side-effects. Or a simple offset beyond which reading data isn't desirable for whatever reasons.
I do not think that is sufficient.
I have seen chips where only one single PCI config space word would trigger problems, and it was due to a hw bug. The "offset beyond" scheme would not allow to cover this case. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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