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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] quiet non-x86 option ROM warnings
From:       Jesse Barnes <jbarnes () sgi ! com>
Date:       2005-02-16 1:57:58
Message-ID: 200502151757.58731.jbarnes () sgi ! com
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On Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:08 pm, Jon Smirl wrote:
> There is a new io resource flag as part of the pci rom code,
> IORESOURCE_ROM_SHADOW, that is used on x86. If IORESOURCE_ROM_SHADOW
> is set, you should ignore the physical ROM and use the copy at C000:0.
> Can we build an equivalent flag for PPC? On x86 arch specific code
> determines the boot video device and sets the flag.
>
> Acutally, if radeon and rage fb drivers were using the PCI ROM support
> (drivers/pci/rom.c) would they be having this problem? The 55AA check
> is in the PCI ROM support too.

They're using it, they just do additional checks.

Jesse
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