Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:34:29 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Displaying/modifying PCI device id tables via sysfs |
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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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