Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265134AbUD3LHN (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:07:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265144AbUD3LHN (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:07:13 -0400 Received: from pdbn-d9bb9ef8.pool.mediaWays.net ([217.187.158.248]:44038 "EHLO citd.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265134AbUD3LHM (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:07:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:07:09 +0200 From: Matthias Schniedermeyer To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: lkml - Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Symbios and BIOS (was: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license) Message-ID: <20040430110709.GA12131@citd.de> References: <40911C01.80609@techsource.com> <20040429213246.GA15988@valve.mbsi.ca> <40917DBA.1080308@techsource.com> <6DB1DC9C-9A2B-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> <4091895A.6040800@techsource.com> <20040430060146.GA10826@citd.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1135 Lines: 28 On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:33:20AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > e.g. The symbios(*1)-SCSI-driver only shows devices enabled in its BIOS. > > This information is stored in a little NVRAM-chip(*2) and the driver > > uses this data, including bus-speed settings and the like. > > At least i (had/have*3) trouble with this "feature"! > > So why does my '875 card works fine in my PPC box? No BIOS ever wrote to its > NVRAM. sanity-checking prevents the worst failures. And, for this case: AFAIR the "factory-default" is something like "everything enabled". Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous. - 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/