netdev - Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH 2/4] [RFC] e1000: make ioport free for supported devices

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Message-ID: <47D04775.7020002@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:35:17 -0800
From:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH 2/4] [RFC] e1000: make ioport free for	supported
 devices

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Auke Kok wrote:
>> From: Tomohiro Kusumi <kusumi.tomohiro@...fujitsu.com>
>>
>> Most e1000 devices do not need ioport access to function properly.
>> This is desirable for a few massive homed systems where ioport
>> resources become constrained.
>>
>> This patch is based on the code from Tomohiro Kusumi, heavily
>> modified to fit PCI API changes and e1000 driver changes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tomohiro Kusumi <kusumi.tomohiro@...fujitsu.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
> 
> I don't think you need pci_select_bars()?  It should just be 
> pci_enable_device_mem() in both paths AFAICS...

honestly I don't know :) - I'll look into it. if that's the case then the patch
will change significantly.

thanks,

Auke
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