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SubjectRe: PATCH: Update for the serial driver.
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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.


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david parsons \bi/ ia32 only, I suspect; I don't know if the
\/ other architectures even have a usable bios.

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