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Date:      Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:13:58 -0700
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New Option ROM device in stable 
Message-ID:  <200107261613.f6QGDwb04517@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:23:15 MDT." <200107260523.f6Q5NFw00748@harmony.village.org> 

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> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:23:15 -0600
> From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
> 
> In message <200107122149.f6CLnpA25543@ptavv.es.net> "Kevin Oberman" writes:
> : 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?
> 
> You are exactly right.  It just gobbles up the option ROMs with the
> right signature so that other devices (like pcic/pccard) don't try to
> use them.
> 
> It does need a man page, though, doesn't it?

Actually, it has one in current and Bruce MFCed it last week. It's in
stable as of at least last Friday.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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