From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263079AbUEQXCp (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2004 19:02:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263100AbUEQXCp (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2004 19:02:45 -0400 Received: from stat1.steeleye.com ([65.114.3.130]:7906 "EHLO hancock.sc.steeleye.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263079AbUEQXCQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2004 19:02:16 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] init. mca_bus_type even if !MCA_bus From: James Bottomley To: Andrew Morton Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" , Linux Kernel , Greg KH In-Reply-To: <20040517155222.11f4b253.akpm@osdl.org> References: <20040517144603.1c63895f.rddunlap@osdl.org> <20040517151412.1f7fb7d4.akpm@osdl.org> <20040517150828.2d5afc1a.rddunlap@osdl.org> <20040517155222.11f4b253.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-9) Date: 17 May 2004 18:02:11 -0500 Message-Id: <1084834932.1814.69.camel@mulgrave> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 17:52, Andrew Morton wrote: > well my question really was a question, rather than a reimplementation > suggestion. If it _is_ appropriate that mca_bus_type be registered on a > platform which is discovered to have no MCA hardware then fine. > > Greg? James? Any insights? If the use compiles with CONFIG_MCA it makes sense to register the bus. It's also certainly easier than having to check for MCA_bus being set in all of the routines. James