Re: DMA in PCI chipset -- module vs. compiled-in

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On 2/7/06, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Maw, 2006-02-07 at 09:14 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > * chipset specific driver
> >
> > The most common mistake is to built-in ide-generic driver
> > and compile chipset specific driver as module...
>
> Oh that no longer works. That worked in 2.4, as it would take over the
> chipset. Didn't work if it was in use at the time but did work correctly
> if idle.

I'm talking about _driver_ here and it works just fine.

If you are talking about "taking over" feature, you are right.
It was racy and indeed "worked" depending on timing.

Bartlomiej
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