Re: 2.6.17-mm6

From: Alan Cox
Date: Fri Jul 07 2006 - 12:50:55 EST


Ar Gwe, 2006-07-07 am 09:34 -0700, ysgrifennodd Randy.Dunlap:
> For built-in drivers, the link order matters.
> The the libata PATA drivers are sort of "randomly" mixed in
> with the SATA drivers.

Mine are in alphabetical order but some of the early merges shuffled
stuff a bit.

The only case the link order matters here is with the generic and legacy
drivers. No chip specific libata PATA/SATA driver has overlapping PCI
identifiers between two drivers except for Jmicron, and that
distinguishes precisely by the function number.

Also its dangerous to assume "pata_*" is a PATA driver, it may be SATA
with a bridge chip, and in some cases like the ATI this is quite common.

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