Re: Why is PCI initialized after the console?
Pavel Machek (pavel@Elf.mj.gts.cz)
Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:31:50 +0100
>
> Anyone who knows what was the good reason for initializing the console _before_
> the PCI code initialization is called? This causes problems for systems where
> the console is on a PCI device (e.g. a TGA console, for which a workaround is
> used).
>
> If there's no good reason for this, I'd like to invert the order.
Is there any chance that PCI scan will hang the computer etc.? If so,
than it is because this way you can _see_ where it died.
IMO console should be enabled as soon as possible so we do not get
'freeze after Uncompressing linux...' error reports.
Pavel
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