Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-rc5] PCI: sort device lists breadth-first

[Jeff Garzik]

I wanted to note what Martin Mares just raised in the thread "State of 
the Linux PCI Subsystem for 2.6.18-rc6":

> Changing the device order in the middle of the 2.6 cycle doesn't sound
> like a sane idea to me. Many people have changed their systems' configuration
> to adapt to the 2.6 ordering and this patch would break their setups.
> I have seen many such examples in my vicinity.
>
> I believe that not breaking existing 2.6 setups is much more important
> than keeping compatibility with 2.4 kernels, especially when the problem
> is discovered after more than 2 years after release of the first 2.6.


I'm not siding with either Martin or Matt explicitly, just noting that 
there are good arguments for both sides.

	Jeff



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