Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264629AbTGBCsz (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 22:48:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264632AbTGBCsz (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 22:48:55 -0400 Received: from dhcp024-209-039-102.neo.rr.com ([24.209.39.102]:62080 "EHLO neo.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264629AbTGBCsy (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 22:48:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 22:37:39 +0000 From: Adam Belay To: CarlosRomero Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Shawn Starr Subject: Re: simple pnp bios io resources bug makes system unusable Message-ID: <20030701223739.GB19402@neo.rr.com> Mail-Followup-To: Adam Belay , CarlosRomero , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Shawn Starr References: <3F012202.4010303@bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F012202.4010303@bellsouth.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 831 Lines: 23 On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:54:10AM -0400, CarlosRomero wrote: > my one line patch just skips an io registration with a simple sanity check. > never once have i heard a device with an ioport of 0x0. AT DMA controller as stated in my other message, is one example. > question is why it happens and only once. It only happens once because in 99% of cases the entire device is disabled, not just an individual range. > (also noticing cutoff in /sys/devices/pci0/*/name) There is a hard limit for device name length, see include/linux/device.h. That is probably the cause. Thanks, Adam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/