Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Promise 'stex' driver | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:20:06 +0100 |
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On Maw, 2006-07-25 at 10:26 +0100, hch wrote: > We have more than enough precedence for poking the bridge that comes as > part of addon cards. As long as the code makes sure it never pokes a bridge > of the same type that is not on the card (and I don't have the code in front > of me right now to check whether it's true) we can keep this code. Please > make sure to add a big comment that explains what is going on in detail > and why it's okay in this special case.
It does check the basic layout so looks robust. Checking subvendor stuff is normally a good back-up. We do similar plumbing work in the Promise IDE and I2O code to handle the old SuperTrak/SX6000 cards and it work solidly.
Alan
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