Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Removal of pci_find_* in 2.5 | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 13 Jul 2002 03:23:29 +0100 |
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On Sat, 2002-07-13 at 01:36, Greg KH wrote: > So if you own a PCI driver that does not conform to the "new" PCI api > (using pci_register_driver() and friends) consider yourself warned. > Your driver will NOT inherit any of the upcoming changes to the drivers > tree, which might cause them to break. Also remember, all of the people > that are buying hotplug PCI systems for their datacenters will not buy > your cards :)
I have several examples where the ordering of the PCI cards is critical to get stuff like boot device and primary controller detection right. pci_register_driver doesn't appear to have a good way to deal with this or have I missed something ?
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