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SubjectRe: [patch 2.6.13 2/2] 3c59x: add option for using memory-mapped PCI I/O resources
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 03:15:46PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> >
> > I fully intend to have have a flag in the private data set based on
> > the PCI ID when I accumulate some data on which devices support this
> > and which don't. So far I've only got a short list... Do you think
> > such a flag should be based on which ones work, or which ones break?
>
> The ones which are known to work.
>
> Bear in mind that this is an old, messy and relatively stable driver which
> handles a huge number of different NICs. Caution is the rule here.

I definitely agree. That is another part of why I defaulted to "use_mmio=0".

I'll post PCI ID based patches as I determine supported cards.

Thanks,

John
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John W. Linville
linville@tuxdriver.com
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