Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:55:32 +0200 (MEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test7 BLK_DEV_FD dependence on ISA breakage |
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On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > Arun Sharma writes: > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > > Perhaps we should just back it out and watch more closely next time someone > > > tries to fix it? > > > > I'm fine with backing out the Kconfig part of the patch. Perhaps this is one of those things where an explicit list of platforms which do support this feature is unavoidable ? > > The Kconfig patch also broke floppy on x86-64. Since no x86-64 board > to date has any ISA _slots_, x86-64 doesn't even give you the option > of enabling CONFIG_ISA...
I'm not happy with the `CONFIG_ISA means ISA slots' logic, neither. For e.g. PC-style floppy, it means `we have a (possibly burried withing PCI) ISA-style bus'.
Furthermore, on some m68k machines we do have an ISA-style bus, but without ISA-style DMA. This causes more drivers to fail compilation, giving me headaches when trying to compile an all-yes-config kernel for m68k. I guess other architectures are faced with the same problems.
Well, I guess I have to try the new drivers/Kconfig first and elaborate with a list of drivers that failed and why they failed...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
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