Re: [PATCH]: Prevent sn2 ptc code from executing on all ia64 subarches

Prarit Bhargava
2005-12-15T20:56:30Z

Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

>
> The point is, I think it's a mistake to use ia64_platform_is()
> to decide whether to bind a driver to a device. I think it would
> be much better to make it explicit that these are drivers, and
> they only bind to specific devices.
>

Yes, I agree with that ...

> I do recognize that this doesn't cover all the current uses of
> ia64_platform_is(), but it covers a pretty big chunk of them.
>

Which prolly means that I should continue with the solution that was
previously put forward.

P.