Re: [PATCH] 2.5.5-pre1 IDE cleanup 9

Gérard Roudier
2002-02-22T22:18:58Z

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Erik Andersen wrote:

> On Thu Feb 21, 2002 at 10:24:22PM +0100, Gérard Roudier wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. But my concern is user convenience in _average_
> > here. Basically, I want the 99% of users that cannot afford neither need
> > nor want PCI hotplug to have their system just dead in order to make happy
> > the 1%.
>
> I think _lots_ of people have laptops -- far more than just 1%.
> Those laptops have cardbus slots, which need PCI hotplug to work
> properly. And I _know_ that Linus has a laptop with a cardbus
> slot...

My reply was in the only context of sym53c8xx PCI-SCSI chips.
Even in the full SCSI context + laptops, the 'lots of people' you are
talking about should be near absolute zero in my opinion. :)

Gérard.