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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:34:29 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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Matt Domsch wrote:
> Adding IDs to drivers at runtime is definitely a stop-gap measure, and 
> only works when drivers don't need other changes, but it solves an 
> important subset of the problem space.


Agreed on both points -- it's a stopgap measure, and also one that 
happens solve quite a few cases in the field.

Field-replacement of PCI id tables is a todo item for a while now :)

However, anything beyond PCI id table replacement requires code changes 
and recompilation, and that can be handled by existing patch submission 
procedures...

	Jeff



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