Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:15:54 -0500 (CDT) | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: PCI device search. |
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 05:04:11PM +0200, Stelian Pop wrote: > > 1. Create a PCI driver (pci_device_id, struct pci_driver etc) > > and in init_module call pci_module_init. If it fails, > > assume the driver deals with newer hardware and > > call 'by hand' the 'probe' routine from pci_driver struct.
> > What is considered to be the best way to do it ? > > (this is _not_ a hotplug device if it matters).
> I'd say 1. If a device is hotpluggable or not does not matter. For > 2.5, the boot process will be able to load modules for all PCI > devices seen in the system. In order for that to happen, they need to > use the MODULE_DEVICE structure and the 2.4 pci driver subsystem.
I'd say 1.5. :) For the "newer hardware" consider using the PCI host bridge or ISA bridge for your "container" PCI device.
Jeff
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