Re: Subtle semantic issue with sleep callbacks in drivers

Pavel Machek (pavel@ucw.cz)
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:28:02 +0200


Hi!

> > The video BIOS on a card often contains information that is found
> > -nowhere- else. Not in the chip docs. Not in a device driver.
> > Such information can and does vary from board-to-board, such as RAM
> > timings, while the chip remains unchanged.
>
> Incidently, what happens if we:
>
> * Suspend
> * Swap VGA card with another one
> * Restore

Thats equivalent to VGA hotplug, and is
not supported.

-- 
				Pavel
Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need...

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