On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:55:23 +0000, Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a very good reason not to have a bridge driver at the moment - > some PCI to PCI bridges need special drivers. Currently, as the device > model stands today, we can only have ONE PCI to PCI bridge driver for > all P2P bridges, which is bad news if you need a specific driver for, > eg, a mobility docking station P2P bridge.
There is no requirement that the bridge driver be generic code. I agree that it is simpler but there is nothing stopping a "generic" driver from just having PCI IDs for all of the existing bridges built into it and then load it like a normal driver. Loading all of the bridge PCI IDs into the "generic" driver gets rid of the need for driver priorities. -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
