Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 4 authors, 2003-05-22

Re: [PATCH] switch sdla to initcalls

From: Andi Kleen <hidden>
Date: 2003-05-21 10:31:23

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

On Wed, 21 May 2003 01:34:53 -0700 (PDT)
"David S. Miller" [off-list ref] wrote:
I have to admit that I must feign ignorance here.  And that someone
who really understands the EISA/ISA probe ordering requirements
should document them as best as possible in Space.c
I doubt anybody understands it. It is just lots of hard earned ad-hoc 
experience distilled in these files.

It's basically untestable/unknown because you'll likely have a hard time
to find such a card anymore. And even if you had you would need the other
ISA cards that could possible conflicts to test all combinations - impossible
task. For such unsolvable problems it is best to leave it untouched because it
cannot be tested. Either that or remove the driver completely.

-Andi
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