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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/5] I2O: SPARC fixes
Hello,

David S. Miller wrote:
>>>This should be detected at runtime, and that is easily done.
>>>You can use the PCI device to get at the firmware device
>>>node, and use that to look for a firmware device node property
>>>that identifies it as a card from Sun.
>>>Usually the "name" property has some identifying string in it.
>>>Sometimes there is a property with the string "fcode" in it and you
>>>could look for that as well.
>>OK, i'll look at it... Thanks for the hint!
> Actually, my idea won't work if the card is used in a non-Sparc
> system. Do these cards have PCI subsystem vendor or device ID's that
> identify it as a Sun card?

I don't know, because currently i only look for the PCI class. I'll check
it out and report back...

Thank you very much for your help!



Best regards,


Markus Lidel
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