Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:59:07 -0500 | From | Steven Walter <> | Subject | Re: PATCH 2.4.4.7: serial PCI fixes and cleanup |
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Just a heads up: works great for me
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 07:51:08AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > The attached patch, against 2.4.4-pre7, cleans up the huge pci_board > list in serial.c to remove PCI id information. In the process, it (a) > demonstrates more complex new-style PCI probing, and (b) fixes a logical > disconnect bug which was causing bug reports. The bug caused by me, > when I added hotplugging to the serial driver (merging serial_cb in > function, but not literally). The bug causes any PCI board which is > listed in the serial.c PCI table, but was not > PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_SERIAL or PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_MODEM, to be > missed in the PCI probe. > > Linus - do not apply just yet. I would prefer this patch go into 2.4.5 > not 2.4.4, so that we can have a bit more public testing first. > tytso - a quick eyeball would be awesome. Ask away with any questions > you have. > Alan - please consider applying to your tree. > Steven - please test, this patch removes the need for your serial.c > patch. > > Others - all testing is welcome. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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