On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 12:15:33PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Jurij Smakov wrote: > > > Looking at the code I cannot see how the > > native drivers can depend in any way on the ide-generic being loaded > > before them. > > While I have not thoroughly tested 2.6.15 in this respect, in 2.6.8 and > 2.6.12 some IDE drivers, on some hardware, absolutely does[0]. Maybe > this is fixed in 2.6.15/16. > > On those older kernels, the correct sequence of module loadings is: > > 1. hardware-specific-driver > 2. ide-generic > > If you stop after step 1, you don't have any IDE devices. If you reverse > steps 1 and 2, you don't have DMA. > > > [0] Honestly, I had previously thought *all* hardware did...
Do you know why this happened ? I will look at the code in 2.6.12 this evening to understand this. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
