Re: [PATCH] make sym53c8xx.c and ncr53c8xx.c call pci_enable_device

2001-01-31 Thread Gérard Roudier
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > If the pci_enable_device() thing is to be added to the drivers, it must > > preferently be placed after the checking against RAID attachement. > > You cant check the signature until the device has been enabled. Maybe you > could poke the LSI guys and fi

Re: [PATCH] make sym53c8xx.c and ncr53c8xx.c call pci_enable_device

2001-01-31 Thread Alan Cox
> If the pci_enable_device() thing is to be added to the drivers, it must > preferently be placed after the checking against RAID attachement. You cant check the signature until the device has been enabled. Maybe you could poke the LSI guys and find out how windows PnP stuff handles this. I thin

Re: [PATCH] make sym53c8xx.c and ncr53c8xx.c call pci_enable_device(241p11)

2001-01-29 Thread Gérard Roudier
You missed that SYMBIOS devices can be attached by RAID firmware and, that, in such situation, the kernel should avoid tampering the SYMBIOS device. The [ncr|sym]53c8xx drivers are aware of that, and donnot attach SYMBIOS devices owned by RAID. If the pci_enable_device() thing is to be added to