Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:14:19 +0100 | From | Tim Waugh <> | Subject | Re: Multi-function PCI devices |
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On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 04:57:29AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Where is this patch available? I haven't heard of an extension to the > pci id tables, so I wonder if it's really in the queue for the official > kernel.
It is. <URL:http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/patches/> The 'extension' is just 'more entries', AFAIR.
> > I'm afraid this is not a bug, but a design issue, and will be hard to > > solve. Maybe we need a flag for such devices which allows it to be > > claimed ba more thean one driver? > > Not so hard.
*sigh* Jeff, when I spoke to you about this last year you said 'tough', or words to that effect. :-(
> There is no need to register more than one driver per PCI device -- just > create a PCI driver whose probe routine registers serial and parallel, > and whose remove routine unregisters same.
*cough* modularity *cough*
Wnat to show us some elegant code that does that?
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