patch-2.3.30 linux/Documentation/pci.txt

• Lines: 22
• Date: Sat Nov 27 15:27:48 1999
• Orig file: v2.3.29/linux/Documentation/pci.txt
• Orig date: Sun Nov 7 16:37:33 1999

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.3.29/linux/Documentation/pci.txt linux/Documentation/pci.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 		"What should you avoid when writing PCI drivers"
 
-	  by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> on 03-Nov-1999
+		  by Martin Mares <mj@suse.cz> on 21-Nov-1999
 
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@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@
 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.
+
+   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).
 
 5. Other interesting functions
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