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Date:	Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:04:36 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Rick van Rein <rick@...engemak.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Future Linux on Bistable Storage

Rick van Rein <rick@...engemak.nl> writes:

> Some degree of serialism must exist, but after scanning a bus would
> it not be possible to fork threads to initiate each of the devices found
> on it?

Multithreaded driver initialization has been tried, but reverted
because it triggered too many driver bugs.

-Andi

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