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Re: [PATCH] switch sdla to initcalls

To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] switch sdla to initcalls
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 12:31:23 +0200
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In-reply-to: <20030521.013453.118618445.davem@redhat.com>
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On Wed, 21 May 2003 01:34:53 -0700 (PDT)
"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> 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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