Re: [patch] pci probing

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:54:06 +0100 (BST)

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> PCI probing in drivers really sucks. The attached patch against 2.3.18
> is small, self-contained, and should be incredibly valuable to PCI
> driver writers. I myself have duplicated this code in no less than
> _four_ drivers.

Please don't apply this patch. Don Becker has come to the same conclusion
and written an even more flexible and clean solution to this that all the
PCI network drivers will move to.

I've sent Linus this - its in drivers/net for now which is perhaps wrong, but
it can be moved

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