Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:27:04 -0700 | From | "H. J. Lu" <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Support PCI device sorting (Re: PCI device order problem) |
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On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 05:12:51PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Well, WRT your implementation, the function you add is dead code if your > new config variable is not set, which is not desireable at all.
I am not sure if I understand what you were trying to say. If CONFIG_PCI_SORT_BY_BUS_SLOT_FUNC is not set, you should be able to pass "pci=bussort" to kernel to sort the PCI device by bus, slot and function. Did I miss something?
> > WRT the overall idea, I would prefer to see what Linus and Martin Mares > (and Ivan K) thought about it, before merging it. The x86 PCI code is > very touchy, and your patch has the potential to change driver probe > order for little gain. >
The whole purpose of my patch is to change PCI driver probe order in such a way that is BIOS independent.
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