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SubjectRe: [PATCH] quiet non-x86 option ROM warnings
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On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:45 -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:36 pm, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > You're removing the check for 55AA at the start of the ROM.
>
> No, the check is still there, I just removed the printk if 0xaa55 isn't found
> (my box returns 0x303 instead).
>
> > I though
> > the PCI standard was that all ROMs had to start with the no matter
> > what object code they contain. Then if you look for PCIR there is a
> > field in the stucture that says what language the ROM is in. Maybe the
> > problem is in the BIOS_IN16() function and things are getting byte
> > swapped wrong.
>
> I thought the signature described what type of ROM was there? E.g. 0xaa55
> means x86 ROM, x0303 means OF ROM, etc.?
>
> At any rate, not having a ROM at all (which my case may be) isn't an error
> either, so I think removing the printk is appropriate regardless.

No, they all haev 0xaa55, then a header that says the type of ROM...

Ben.


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