linux-kernel - Re: No IDE drivers loaded for Toshiba Satellite 320 CDS

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Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:48:32 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>
CC:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Subject: Re: No IDE drivers loaded for Toshiba Satellite 320 CDS

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> After all I thought the whole point of all the ports listed in
> /proc/ioports was to indicate which io ports were currently reserved by
> which driver so that no other driver could try to access them.  If it
> doesn't in fact work that way then it probably should.

It does work most of the time and it's probably safe to load legacy / 
generic drivers on most configurations.  It's just that we're talking 
about 15+ years of gap between ISA and PCI-e and there could be some 
exceptions and we might need to tread a bit more carefully.  To me, it 
sounds reasonable.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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