Re: enabling PCI_*_FIXUP in GENERIC

[David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 10:31:11PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 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.

I think that if the BIOS does not activate a device, it is because the
BIOS author intended for the BIOS to be dead simple, or else the BIOS
anticipates that the operating system will activate the device.

Dave

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