Re: enabling PCI_*_FIXUP in GENERIC

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

On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 03:42:21PM -0500, David Young wrote:
> 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.

Not if you say e.g. in the bios to not use this device. 

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