Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PATCH: Update for the serial driver. | Date | Wed, 1 Sep 1999 23:53:19 +0200 (MEST) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > Tables are wonderful. I use tables to abstract small differences > > between chipsets served by a single driver. Take a look at what is done > > in recent clgenfb drivers. Tables are compact, can be marked with > > __initdata to save memory, and make extensibility very easy. > > > > In the case above, you can create a probe table marked with __initdata, > > to dump the chip names after you probe and print them out. > > Has anybody bothered to check the current PCI code?
Ok. Ok. Where is that brown bag...... I need one right now.
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