Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:34:34 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: commit 7e92b4fc34 - x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devices - broke my serial console |
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:47:14 -0400 Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
> Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > The IR driver would be the clear owner of the entire device. Of course, > > this still only works if we get rid of the 8250 blind probe for 0x3e8 > > or figure out some API for the IR driver to tell the 8250 driver to get > > its mitts off. > > > Load driver B before loading driver A.
Completely impractical. Devices may be hotplug, there may be combinations of ordering required and since you have to build serial in for serial console its a total non starter
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