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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-22 15:07:59 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-22 15:07:59 -0700
commit6c763eb9ead86c612492b59287b36c0dcf7d09b1 (patch)
tree46497ff44bcf909517bffac70f0d6c7ad45ae1f0 /Documentation
parentdcc1a66a09420ccc5a22671bddc5a842f92d67e5 (diff)
parentcf34a8e07f02c76f3f1232eecb681301a3d7b10b (diff)
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6: (27 commits) [PATCH] PCI: nVidia quirk to make AER PCI-E extended capability visible [PATCH] PCI: fix issues with extended conf space when MMCONFIG disabled because of e820 [PATCH] PCI: Bus Parity Status sysfs interface [PATCH] PCI: fix memory leak in MMCONFIG error path [PATCH] PCI: fix error with pci_get_device() call in the mpc85xx driver [PATCH] PCI: MSI-K8T-Neo2-Fir: run only where needed [PATCH] PCI: fix race with pci_walk_bus and pci_destroy_dev [PATCH] PCI: clean up pci documentation to be more specific [PATCH] PCI: remove unneeded msi code [PATCH] PCI: don't move ioapics below PCI bridge [PATCH] PCI: cleanup unused variable about msi driver [PATCH] PCI: disable msi mode in pci_disable_device [PATCH] PCI: Allow MSI to work on kexec kernel [PATCH] PCI: AMD 8131 MSI quirk called too late, bus_flags not inherited ? [PATCH] PCI: Move various PCI IDs to header file [PATCH] PCI Bus Parity Status-broken hardware attribute, EDAC foundation [PATCH] PCI: i386/x86_84: disable PCI resource decode on device disable [PATCH] PCI ACPI: Rename the functions to avoid multiple instances. [PATCH] PCI: don't enable device if already enabled [PATCH] PCI: Add a "enable" sysfs attribute to the pci devices to allow userspace (Xorg) to enable devices without doing foul direct access ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pci.txt14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt
index 66bbbf1d1ef..3242e5c1ee9 100644
--- a/Documentation/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pci.txt
@@ -213,9 +213,17 @@ have been remapped by the kernel.
See Documentation/IO-mapping.txt for how to access device memory.
- You still need to call request_region() for I/O regions and
-request_mem_region() for memory regions to make sure nobody else is using the
-same device.
+ The device driver needs to call pci_request_region() to make sure
+no other device is already using the same resource. The driver is expected
+to determine MMIO and IO Port resource availability _before_ calling
+pci_enable_device(). Conversely, drivers should call pci_release_region()
+_after_ calling pci_disable_device(). The idea is to prevent two devices
+colliding on the same address range.
+
+Generic flavors of pci_request_region() are request_mem_region()
+(for MMIO ranges) and request_region() (for IO Port ranges).
+Use these for address resources that are not described by "normal" PCI
+interfaces (e.g. BAR).
All interrupt handlers should be registered with SA_SHIRQ and use the devid
to map IRQs to devices (remember that all PCI interrupts are shared).