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From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
To: Paul Rolland <rol@as2917.net>
Cc: David Newall <david@davidnewall.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
	rol@witbe.net
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc7 - _random_ IRQ23 : nobody cared
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:55:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46FCCF94.9060400@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070927080551.424e90b9@tux.DEF.witbe.net>

Paul Rolland wrote:
>> Can you change driver load order such that the driver for the modem is
>> loaded first?
> 
> As I said, it's not possible, because :
>  - the modem driver is an out-kernel one, so I have to wait the end of the
>    boot process so that it can be loaded,
>  - libata on IRQ23 is the one taking care of my disks, and I suspect it 
>    quite hard to install a modem driver before having the disk driver
>    installed.

You can do both by...

1. Build the modem driver into the kernel.  char drivers are linked in
before ATA ones, so it will attach first.

2. Using a custom initrd with emergency shell.  initrd is loaded by BIOS
so no driver is involved.  I don't actually know how to do this tho.

3. Put in an extra disk controller and boot from it with both drivers
compiled as module.

-- 
tejun

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-09-28  9:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-24  6:33 2.6.23-rc7 - _random_ IRQ23 : nobody cared Paul Rolland
2007-09-24 14:26 ` David Newall
2007-09-25  7:00   ` Paul Rolland
2007-09-27  0:55     ` Tejun Heo
2007-09-27  6:05       ` Paul Rolland
2007-09-27  9:04         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-09-27 10:05           ` Paul Rolland
2007-09-27 22:27             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-09-28  6:30               ` Paul Rolland
2007-09-28  9:55         ` Tejun Heo [this message]

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