Re: 2.1.93..
Richard Gooch (Richard.Gooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 21:44:43 +1000
David S. Miller writes:
> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 17:47:22 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
>
> 2.1.93 is out there. It is broken on other platforms than x86,
> 2.1.because I had to move some initialization code around, but this
> 2.1.shoul dbe very easy to fix (moving the device init code later
> 2.1.makes a _lot_ of things easier: the system is essentially up
> 2.1.and running, and "kmalloc()" etc actually works).
>
> It even breaks Intel, /proc/pci no longer works etc.
>
> This change should have been thought out better before it was made, so
> much of the device probing level is coded with the old ordering in
> mind. I realize the advantage, but it's going to take a week or so to
> cleanup everything so all arch's work once more.
Could someone please enlighten me as to why the default probe order is
now the reverse of the BIOS probe order? Is this incompatibility for
the sake of it? ;-)
Regards,
Richard....
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