[PATCH libpciaccess] linux_sysfs: use rom_size = 0x1000 for VGA devices

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Wed Mar 23 09:04:58 PDT 2011


On 3/22/11 11:24 AM, Forest Bond wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:15:27AM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
>> On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 10:31 -0400, Forest Bond wrote:
>>> This patch brings the linux_sysfs backend in parity with other backends,
>>> which assume that VGA devices have fixed rom_size of 0x1000.  On my
>>> machines, the previous behavior invariably gives rom_size = 0.
>>
>> So cards with ROMs bigger than 64k just get silently truncated?  No
>> thanks.
>
> Sorry, the details are beyond me.  Is this better (untested)?

Better, but I still feel like you've got something else weird going on. 
  What does the resource file for your VGA device contain anyway?

# cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/FOO/resource

... where FOO is the domain:bus:device.function for your VGA device.

- ajax


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