Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Sep 2005 18:57:46 -0400 | From | "John W. Linville" <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2.6.13 2/2] 3c59x: add option for using memory-mapped PCI I/O resources |
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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,
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