Re: enabling PCI_*_FIXUP in GENERIC

To: port-i386%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: enabling PCI_*_FIXUP in GENERIC
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:31:11 +0200

On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 03:20:41PM -0500, David Young wrote:
> Why aren't PCI_*_FIXUP enabled in GENERIC?  They are essential to make
> the PCI-CardBus bridge work on many laptops.  Is there a known downside
> to enabling them?

These options override what the BIOS did (or failed to do). I guess in some
case the BIOS could have intentionally not activated a device.


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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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