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To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Getting around conflicts for a driver w/out base address 
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Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 06:05:17 -0700
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
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> [...]
> It would be better to fix the interface (introduce an id_iosize field ...).
> In in any case, it is more important to document the requirement to return
> the i/o size for i/o mapped devices.  Many old little-used drivers still
> do this wrong:
> 
> [...]
> 	if_ze: OK, except it returns NULL for failure.

Don't bother with if_ze, it's scheduled for demolition.

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Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?