Re: [PATCH 2/5] I2O: SPARC fixes

[David S. Miller]

From: Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:31:09 +0100

> +config I2O_LCT_NOTIFY_ON_CHANGES
> +	bool "Enable LCT notification"
> +	depends on I2O
> +	default y
> +	---help---
> +	  Only say N here if you have a I2O controller from SUN. The SUN
> +	  firmware doesn't support LCT notification on changes. If this option
> +	  is enabled on such a controller the driver will hang up in a endless
> +	  loop. On all other controllers say Y.
> +
> +	  If unsure, say Y.
> +

This should be detected at runtime, and that is easily done.

You can use the PCI device to get at the firmware device
node, and use that to look for a firmware device node property
that identifies it as a card from Sun.

Usually the "name" property has some identifying string in it.
Sometimes there is a property with the string "fcode" in it and you
could look for that as well.
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