[parisc-linux] Re: ATY RAGE XL progress or Dino gscpci bridge pb?[was: Re: HP C180 video card]

Matthew Wilcox willy@debian.org
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:18:36 +0100


On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 11:04:50PM -0600, Grant Grundler wrote:
> AFAICT, eqnx driver doesn't call pci_enable_device().  The bug I'd be
> looking for is a PCI "resource" (BAR) to be accessed before it was enabled.
> Try adding a pci_enable_device() to eqnx_init() or eqx_pci_buspresent().
> [ *gag* I'm surprised this code even works on x86. ]

x86 typically doesn't need to call pci_enable_device, so people who've
never tried their driver on any other box may have missed it.

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