Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261747AbTEBOrd (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 10:47:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261994AbTEBOrc (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 10:47:32 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:37275 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261747AbTEBOrb (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 10:47:31 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] NE2000 driver updates From: Alan Cox To: Jeff Muizelaar Cc: Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3EB1ADEC.6080007@rogers.com> References: <3EB15127.2060409@rogers.com> <1051817031.21546.23.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <3EB1ADEC.6080007@rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1051884070.23249.4.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 02 May 2003 15:01:10 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 841 Lines: 25 On Gwe, 2003-05-02 at 00:29, Jeff Muizelaar wrote: > Are we stuck with Space.c forever? Anyone have any plans for replacing > it with something more driver-model friendly? Is it worth the effort. Why not just let the old isa stuff live out its life in peace ? There is certainly no reason we couldnt make it more driver model like by splitting probe and activity ie ne2000 probing would do poke around for ISA device Found one ? Alloc isadevice Fill in ports/range/irq Fill in vendor/product with invented idents Announce it Then have ne2000 driver model code do the actual setup - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/