Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Apr 2001 18:22:15 +0200 (CEST) | From | Gérard Roudier <> | Subject | Re: PATCH for Broken PCI Multi-IO in 2.4.3 (serial+parport) |
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On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 08:42:35PM +0200, Gunther Mayer wrote: > > > Please apply this little patch instead of wasting time by > > finger-pointing and arguing. > > This patch would make me happy. > > It would allow support for new multi-IO cards to generally be the > addition of about two lines to two files (which is currently how it's > done), rather than having separate mutant hybrid monstrosity drivers > for each card (IMHO)..
It is possible to design a single function PCI device that is able to do everything. Your approach is just encouraging this kind of monstrosity. Such montrosity will look like some single-IRQ capable ISA remake, thus worse than 20 years old ISA.
If we want to encourage that, then we want to stay stupid for life, in my nervous opinion.
Gérard.
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