Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Dec 2000 13:08:21 +0000 (GMT) | From | davej@suse ... | Subject | Re: pdev_enable_device no longer used ? |
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On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Or is there borked hardware out there that require drivers to say > > "This cacheline size must be xxx bytes, anything else will break" ? > If there is surely the driver can override it again before enabling the > master bit or talking to the device ?
The pdev_enable_device() stuff is marked __init, so done once at boottime. So yes, a driver could then fix up during initialisation if necessary. I was curious whether there are any known cases, or can the stuff in the existing drivers be nuked if/when x86 calls pdev_enable_device().
Davej.
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