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From: Steven Walter <srwalter@yahoo.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATCH 2.4.4.7: serial PCI fixes and cleanup
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:59:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010426175907.A673@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AE80BAC.494F096B@mandrakesoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <3AE80BAC.494F096B@mandrakesoft.com>; from jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 07:51:08AM -0400

Just a heads up:  works great for me

On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 07:51:08AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> The attached patch, against 2.4.4-pre7, cleans up the huge pci_board
> list in serial.c to remove PCI id information.  In the process, it (a)
> demonstrates more complex new-style PCI probing, and (b) fixes a logical
> disconnect bug which was causing bug reports.  The bug caused by me,
> when I added hotplugging to the serial driver (merging serial_cb in
> function, but not literally).  The bug causes any PCI board which is
> listed in the serial.c PCI table, but was not
> PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_SERIAL or PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_MODEM, to be
> missed in the PCI probe.
> 
> Linus - do not apply just yet.  I would prefer this patch go into 2.4.5
> not 2.4.4, so that we can have a bit more public testing first.
> tytso - a quick eyeball would be awesome.  Ask away with any questions
> you have.
> Alan - please consider applying to your tree.
> Steven - please test, this patch removes the need for your serial.c
> patch.
> 
> Others - all testing is welcome.

      reply	other threads:[~2001-04-26 22:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-26 11:51 PATCH 2.4.4.7: serial PCI fixes and cleanup Jeff Garzik
2001-04-26 22:59 ` Steven Walter [this message]

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