linux-kernel - Re[2]: [PATCH 2.6.18] IA64: Add pci_fixup_video into IA64 kernel forembedded VGA

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Message-ID: <XNM1$9$0$4$$3$3$7$A$9002687U451b578f@hitachi.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:03:22 +0900
From:	<eiichiro.oiwa.nm@...achi.com>
To:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	"Jesse Barnes" <jesse.barnes@...el.com>, <akpm@...l.org>,
	<tony.luck@...el.com>, <greg@...ah.com>,
	<linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re[2]: [PATCH 2.6.18] IA64: Add pci_fixup_video into IA64 kernel
    forembedded VGA

>Ar Mer, 2006-09-27 am 20:23 +0900, ysgrifennodd
>eiichiro.oiwa.nm@...achi.com:
>> I moved pci_fixup_video to generic location (driver/pci/quirks.c).
>> I tested generic fixup_video on x86, x86_64 and IA64, and confirmed
>> we can read Video BIOS from the sysfs rom with embedded VGA.
>
>Lots of embedded systems don't have a PCI bios in the usual sense, and
>cannot run the x86 code in the ROM firmware either. That doesn't appear
>to be a big problem when setting PCI_ROM_SHADOW but those platforms may
>not all be able to access the shadow rom if one exists.
>
>Can you fix the comment in drivers/pci/rom.c to reflect the changes.
>
>Otherwise looks good.
>
>Alan
>

Thank you for some good advise.
I changed this subject to appropriate one:
[PATCH 2.6.18] PCI: Turn pci_fixup_video into generic for embedded VGA

Thanks,
Eiichiro
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