Re: resending patch: Documentation/pci.txt

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:07:06 +0000

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.

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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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