Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:18:43 -0800 (PST)
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To: Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] I2O: SPARC fixes
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:25:50 +0100

> > This should be detected at runtime, and that is easily done.
> > You can use the PCI device to get at the firmware device
> > node, and use that to look for a firmware device node property
> > that identifies it as a card from Sun.
> > Usually the "name" property has some identifying string in it.
> > Sometimes there is a property with the string "fcode" in it and you
> > could look for that as well.
> 
> OK, i'll look at it... Thanks for the hint!

Actually, my idea won't work if the card is used in a non-Sparc
system.  Do these cards have PCI subsystem vendor or device ID's that
identify it as a Sun card?
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