patch-2.1.97 linux/Documentation/pci.txt

• Lines: 15
• Date: Fri Apr 17 21:58:48 1998
• Orig file: v2.1.96/linux/Documentation/pci.txt
• Orig date: Mon Apr 6 17:40:59 1998

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.96/linux/Documentation/pci.txt linux/Documentation/pci.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,13 @@
 
 4. Obsolete functions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
 <linux/bios32.h> is obsolete and should not be included in new code.
 
 pcibios_find_(device|class) are also obsolete and should be replaced by
 pci_find_(device|class).
+
+5. Bus mastering
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+   If you need to setup a bus-mastering card, just call pci_set_master(). It
+should set PCI_COMMAND_MASTER in the command register and adjust the latency
+timer if needed.