On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 03:50:28PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, > > > I'd like to know how a modularized PCI subsystem can be loaded _AFTER_ > > a PCI dependent FB driver. > > Well, duh, obviously you can't do that. :-/ > > > What then if the PCI buswalk kills the kernel? > > You write these parts of the kernel defensively so that this doesn't > happen, and/or you test it extensively so that you're sure it won't > happen. > > You boot without framebuffer options, and look at the console text.
Well, if you would go out of your x86-centric world, you would know that half if not more of the architectures debian support _DON'T_ have text console. You mean we should provide a null modem cable and a laptop with every debian CD we ship or something such ? > > This is a gross example, still it proves that kind of idea can't be > > implemented. > > > It is the direction the kernel people want to move further in. Yes, but we are speaking 2.6 and the sarge release here, your plan most definitively doesn't agree with that. Friendly, Sven Luther
