Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 21:38:30 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Cc: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Intel AGP support attaching to wrong PCI IDs
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On Sun, 6 Feb 2005, Dave Jones wrote:

> Another way forward (somewhat hacky in one sense, but a lot cleaner in another)
> would be to change the PCI code so that it'll load and init
> multiple drivers that claim to support the same PCI ID.

 That might actually be useful to support some weird hardware.  E.g. I 
have a single-function PCI device which reports as a graphics adapter 
(either VGA or other, depending on the configuration), but besides the 
actual graphics adapter the chip includes a frame grabber, an USB host 
controller, an Ethernet interface, an IEEE 1284 parallel port, an UART, an 
I2C controller and a PS/2 keybard/mouse controller. ;-)  All of these 
mapped with a single PCI BAR; the chip can also be configured for legacy 
mapping of some devices, like the PS/2 stuff.

  Maciej
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