Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:07:06 +0000 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: resending patch: Documentation/pci.txt |
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Bret Indrelee wrote: > Jeff Garzik [mailto:jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com] wrote: > > And, small error in your text, there is no base_address[] in 2.3.x > > kernels. > > Damn it! The name appears to have changed between 2.2 and 2.3.
> Why did this change, and what was wrong with the old base_address[] array? > Since every PCI driver is supposed to get the address from this field, I > think this is a legitimate question.
The new resource allocation code is now used. That's why you have to request_mem_region.
-- Jeff Garzik | Just once, I wish we would encounter Building 1024 | an alien menace that wasn't immune to MandrakeSoft, Inc. | bullets. -- The Brigadier, "Dr. Who"
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