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From: Jun Sun <jsun@mvista.com>
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On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 05:32:25PM +0100, sjhill@linux-mips.org wrote:
> 
> CVSROOT:	/home/cvs
> Module name:	linux
> Changes by:	sjhill@ftp.linux-mips.org	04/04/20 17:32:25
> 
> Modified files:
> 	arch/mips      : Tag: linux_2_4 config-shared.in 
> 
> Log message:
> 	Do not allow CONFIG_PCI_AUTO to be selectable to discourage new users
> 	from using this b0rked code.
> 

CONFIG_PCI_AUTO was meant to a board attribute.  It should not be changed
to be a choice at the first place.

And, the code is not bOrked.  In 2.4 it is a life saver for most MIPS boards
whose firmware do not do a proper or full PCI resource assignment.

Jun