linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/9] sisfb: delete obsolete PCI ROM bug workaround

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Date:	Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:58:43 +0200
From:	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
To:	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	thomas@...ischhofer.net, aaro.koskinen@....fi
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] sisfb: delete obsolete PCI ROM bug workaround

Delete a workaround for a PCI ROM bug that has been fixed ages ago by
the commit 761a3ac08c63718dacde12aaf0ec6d6760e8c2b7.

Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
Cc: Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@...ischhofer.net>
---
 drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c |    8 --------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c b/drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c
index 3dde12b..1073b70 100644
--- a/drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c
+++ b/drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c
@@ -4114,14 +4114,6 @@ sisfb_find_rom(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			if(sisfb_check_rom(rom_base, ivideo)) {
 
 				if((myrombase = vmalloc(65536))) {
-
-					/* Work around bug in pci/rom.c: Folks forgot to check
-					 * whether the size retrieved from the BIOS image eventually
-					 * is larger than the mapped size
-					 */
-					if(pci_resource_len(pdev, PCI_ROM_RESOURCE) < romsize)
-						romsize = pci_resource_len(pdev, PCI_ROM_RESOURCE);
-
 					memcpy_fromio(myrombase, rom_base,
 							(romsize > 65536) ? 65536 : romsize);
 				}
-- 
1.5.6.5

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