To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
From: Ian Pilcher <i.pilcher@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Intel AGP support attaching to wrong PCI IDs
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:37:46 -0600
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Dave Jones wrote:
> Another way forward (somewhat hacky in one sense, but a lot cleaner in another)
> would be to change the PCI code so that it'll load and init
> multiple drivers that claim to support the same PCI ID.
> This may cause issues for some other drivers however where
> we have an old and a new driver with ID overlap.

This sounds like it would allow the use of the parallel ATA interfaces
on SATA controllers, which would make a lot of people happy.

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Ian Pilcher                                        i.pilcher@comcast.net
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