Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:26:28 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New Option ROM device in stable Message-ID: <200107122226.f6CMQSH06998@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <200107122149.f6CLnpA25543@ptavv.es.net> References: <200107122149.f6CLnpA25543@ptavv.es.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] If memory serves me right, "Kevin Oberman" wrote: > I notice that a new device, "Option ROM", has appeared in stable as of > a few days ago. No man page, but the driver makes me think it's to > solve the problem of properly assigning memory space for device iomem. > > Is this what it's all about? The release notes are your friend... :-) # An orm(4) device has been added to claim the option ROMs in the ISA # memory I/O space, to prevent other drivers from mistakenly assigning # addresses that conflict with these ROMs. For some reason, when I wrote this up (from the commit logs) I thought there was a manpage for this, but it looks like I was mistaken. Bruce. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.3.1+ 05/14/2001 iD8DBQE7TiQT2MoxcVugUsMRAhzNAJ44DBs9nqcR3/9Q+yoHW+Aj6Z9cDQCfWaB4 /mY3Z+BTxelTvrkpCbneFy4= =ySOL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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