Re: Debian Bug#47512: zgv (or svgalib, or whoever) disturbs SCSI by PCI probing

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From: tmg@bc.sympatico.ca
Date: Sun 17 Oct 1999 - 00:47:06 IST


* Matan Ziv-Av <matan@svgalib.org> wrote:
> I got a report of this problem from Andreas Kies, with an explanation:
> svgalib reads all 256 bytes of pci configuration info, of which the
> first 64 bytes are defined by pci specs and the rest are device
> specific. Apparently some devices (the mentioned SCSI controller), don't
> like to have those bytes read.
> 
> The problem is fixed in the latest (25/09) pre release of 1.4.1, by only
> reading the first 3 words of every card, which are needed for
> identification, and reading the rest only of the vga card.

When I use any svgalib program while playing something with my PCI
sound card, I get a chirping sound. Would this be the same problem?


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