On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 04:59:45AM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:24:59 -0800, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This can be done today in the bus specific match functions. And because > > of that, I would argue that this belongs in the bus specific code, and > > not in the driver core, as it's up to the bus to know what the different > > types of "matches" that can happen, and what the priority is. > > Here's a version of the VGA control code that actually works. It helps > if I pci_enable() the device before using it. There was nothing wrong > with the routing code. > > I can also control multiple cards on the same bus by turning on/off > their response to IO space and then enabling VGA via the standard > ports. I can use this to move my console from card to card. > > I have this code in drivers/pci because it needs to know add/remove > from hotplug. Is there a better way to structure it? Note that this is > not a VGA device, it is just a mechanism for controlling which VGA > device is active. > > Another item I need to add is generating an initial hotplug event for > each secondary card. This event has to happen even if there is a card > specific driver loaded. The event will be used to run the reset > program needed by secondary cards.
Ick, patch wasn't inline for me to comment on it :( Anyway, get rid of the ifdefs in the kernel .c code to start with. thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
