Li-Ta Lo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 14:16, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > We could probably reserve a hole for this purpose, which > > is a good idea except for bridges. > > > > Can we just treat it as MEM resource and reuse the MEM resource > allocation code ?
Yes that would be the easy way to reserver an area for the rom to be enabled. If the BAR is not large this should not be a problem. > > Be very careful here. The PCI spec allows the option rom BAR > > to be mutually exclusive with the other BARS so in general > > they both can not be enabled. > > > > Where is this stated in the spec ? I saw it once long ago. And the kernel avoids it. But enabling just that BAR copying the data out, and then reenabling the rest should not be a problem. Eric _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
