Re: pci_scan, tulip, 3c59x, multiple detections and others
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:12:02 +0100 (BST)
> Using physbase instead of ioaddr is important part of change... But adding
> this to all Donalds drivers does not look like intelligent solution to me...
> pci_scan now does check_{mem_,}region, so why it could not do
> request_{mem_,}region too? When we can add five lines into pci's scan.c
> and remove 8 lines from each network driver, benefit looks clear to me.
You need to remember to free it - at that point you do need to cover physical
addresses properly
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