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Re: [PATCH] switch arcnet over to initcalls

To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] switch arcnet over to initcalls
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 07:57:11 +0200
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On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 04:20:52PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
>    From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
>    Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 22:16:38 +0200
> 
>    Link order already equals the old init order.  arcnet init/registration
>    code still is more than fishy, maybe I'll look into that later.
>    
> ISA device init ordering again Christoph, com90xx is an ISA
> driver...

It's not probed from Space.c so it's probed after most isa devices
anyway.  You can't just veto all initcall changes because they are isa
devices  -  if it's the unlikely case that it actually breaks for
someone he can still complain.

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