Re: [2.3.15] pci_dev->rom_address ?

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:30:55 -0400


Dr J Pelan wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> > Dr J Pelan wrote:
> > > include/linux/pci.h no longer defines "rom_address" in the structure
> > > "pci_dev". Some device drivers are still dependent on it though;
> >
> > pm2fb had this change in the last kernel:
> > s/rom_address/resource[PCI_ROM_RESOURCE].start/
>
> Ok. In that case, this would probably be an appropriate patch...

For the ones that just read the ROM address, yes. For ones that
actually mess around with the data at the ROM address (ie. not just
print out the ROM address), you need to do other stuff. Other stuff,
though, might be as simple as saying "pci=rom" on the kernel command
line.

Jeff

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