Re: PATCH: Update for the serial driver.
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
3 Sep 1999 07:08:14 GMT
Followup to: <7qnolg$8q6@pell.pell.portland.or.us>
By author: o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s (david parsons)
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> In article <linux.kernel.21393.936295572@isi.edu>,
> Craig Milo Rogers <rogers@ISI.EDU> wrote:
> >>Note that being able to unload your primary disk driver is completely
> >>useless.
> >
> > It might be useful to be able to update your primary disk
> >driver on the fly, without rebooting. It might be useful to keep your
> >system running while you switch from a failing drive to a good one.
>
> Or, alternatively, to boot up your system with a dumb-as-a-rock
> BIOS driver, then switch to a better driver as the installation
> proceeds.
>
The problem is that Linux and the BIOS do not get along, at all.
(Yes, Ross Biro did a bios16 driver a long time ago. It didn't work
well back then, either.)
-hpa
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