Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: modular IDE in 2.4.23 | Date | Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:26:08 +0100 |
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On Sunday 23 of November 2003 21:56, Alan Cox wrote: > > Uh. Oh. 2.4.23 IDE changes are obscure... Modular IDE breakage is caused > > by Alan's hotplug changes and is not easy to fix properly. > > The fixing is simply a matter of linkage ordering and function execution. > > Simple thought experiment > > Merge ide-probe into ide-core > Export a symbol for the second initializer function if used modular > Create a mini module that just invokes the exported function on init
Update ide_probe_module() for new name of probe module.
> You now have the same execution sequence but with the link problem removed.
Hmm, actually you are right. Sorry :-).
> > I would like to have these changes removed: > > (a) they break modular IDE > > (b) such changes should be first added to 2.6 and then backported to 2.4 > > (otherwise you are magically creating regression in 2.6) > > Its not my fault the 2.6 code is lagging badly, and I wrote the code
2.6 is not "lagging badly", this is a false statement.
> because people using laptops, and people using ATA and SATA for business > expect basic functionality like hotplug to work. For most of them 2.6 > doesn't really matter and won't for another 6 months, but 2.4 matters right > now.
I assume you will fix it 6 months from now in 2.6, right? :-)
--bart
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