Re: Subtle semantic issue with sleep callbacks in drivers

From: John Bradford (john@grabjohn.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 10:09:25 EST


> The video BIOS on a card often contains information that is found
> -nowhere- else. Not in the chip docs. Not in a device driver.
> Such information can and does vary from board-to-board, such as RAM
> timings, while the chip remains unchanged.

Incidently, what happens if we:

* Suspend
* Swap VGA card with another one
* Restore

!?

John.
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