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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:49:28 +0100
From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
Cc: Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@amelek.gda.pl>, serial24@macrolink.com,
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Subject: Re: [patch] fix parport_serial / serial link order (for 2.4.20-pre8)
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On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 10:40:12AM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 10:05:16PM +0200, Marek Michalkiewicz wrote:
> > below is a patch that moves parport_serial.c from drivers/parport/
> > to drivers/char/ - this fixes the wrong link order when the drivers
> > are compiled into the kernel.
> 
> What was wrong with the original, much smaller patch that you sent me
> previously (below)?
> 
> I'm happy to accept whichever patch is the better.

Other than it's a gross hack rather than a fix.  However, for 2.4, I
think this is probably the best solution without creating a risk of
other init ordering problems.  Ed, any comments?

In 2.5, its easier to solve; we just need to make sure serial is
initialised before parport.  This is easy, since serial now has its
own drivers/serial subdirectory.


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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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