Subject: Re: [PATCH] DRM: add missing pci_enable_device()
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
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On Mer, 2004-09-15 at 16:35, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > the video drivers vgacon still owns and is using it. On some devices
> > that needs PCI master enabled because of internal magic (like
> > rendering text modes from the bios via SMM traps)
> > 
> How do I trigger this mode on a card supported by DRM so that we can test it?

I don't know which DRM supporting cards are affected and which platforms
will turn off enough for disable_device to break. I guess
vgacon will need a place in the vga class driver stuff that way the
"ISA" console space would always be owned ?

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