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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:33:26 +0100
From: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] I2O: don't disable PCI device if it is enabled	before
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Hello,

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Maw, 2006-01-24 at 00:29 +0100, Markus Lidel wrote:
>> Changes:
>> --------
>> - If PCI device is enabled before probing, it will not be disabled at
>>    exit.
> Looks ok for this case but be warned that pdev->is_enabled is not a safe
> check for many devices as the may be BIOS critical, or video for example
> but not in the Linux list of things _it_ enabled.

I've searched for a function enabled() or so, but didn't find anything. 
Could you tell me the right way to do it normally?

Thanks for the hint!

Best regards,


Markus Lidel
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