Re: [PATCH] ISDN: make ICN not auto-grab port 0x320

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 21:50:20 +0100
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:39:53 +0200
> Rene Herman <rene.herman@keyaccess.nl> wrote:
> 
> > Grabbing ISA bus resources without anything or anyone telling us we
> > should can break boot on randconfig/allyesconfig builds by keeping
> > resources that are in fact owned by different hardware busy and does
> > as reported by Ingo Molnar.
> 
> Not an interesting case, and also wrong in the modular case where loading
> the module is a direct user action indicating clear intent to use the
> functionality *as is*.
> 
> NAK this one too.
> 
> At the very least make the requirement to say "like please run for real"
> dependant on it not being built modular - which is what was done for the
> last ones that were twiddled to keep Ingo amused.
> 

otoh it's a bit sad to break allyesconfig kernels - there is
regression-testing value in being able to run such kernels.

I wonder if we can add a new boot option `allyesconfig-test' or
something like that, and then, within the offending drivers, test that
flag and take suitable avoiding action.

Or we could do it at compile-time - define
CONFIG_ALLYESCONFIG_TESTING in some fashion.