Re: [PATCH 0/4] NE2000 driver updates

Jeff Muizelaar (muizelaar@rogers.com)
Thu, 01 May 2003 19:29:48 -0400


Alan Cox wrote:

>
>The ne2000 ordering with the other ISA stuff in space.c is really
>sensitive for older systems. If you get ne2k too early it breaks some
>other cards if it autoprobes, if you get it too late it lets other
>stuff crash the box.
>
>So you might want to keep to Space.c for non pnp stuff if non modular
>
>
Yeah, patches 1 and 2 do just this.

Are we stuck with Space.c forever? Anyone have any plans for replacing
it with something more driver-model friendly?

-Jeff

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