On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:47:14 -0400 Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > The IR driver would be the clear owner of the entire device. Of course, > > this still only works if we get rid of the 8250 blind probe for 0x3e8 > > or figure out some API for the IR driver to tell the 8250 driver to get > > its mitts off. > > > Load driver B before loading driver A. Completely impractical. Devices may be hotplug, there may be combinations of ordering required and since you have to build serial in for serial console its a total non starter Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/