Updated 2.3.x job list (its getting shorter)

[James A Simmons]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, James A Simmons wrote:
> > > Some FB drivers check the A000 area and find it busy then bomb out
> 
> > Hopefully we can work on these card to make them use MMIO regions instead
> > of the A000 area. Possible io_region_release on explict opening of
> > /dev/fb and restore on closing. 
> 
> Not possible for all cases.  0xA0000 is a special case which must be
> handled.  Linus' advice was to ignore the 0xA0000 region (from resource
> perspective) and simply write to it assuming you own it.  I don't
> like that, but it is one solution.

What if more than one resource wants it? Say two ISA cards. We could pass
around the football but we have to make sure only one guy is running with
the ball (have a lock). I guess the upcoming superbowl is effecting me.

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