linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ISDN: make ICN not auto-grab port 0x320

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Message-ID: <20080809215020.1bb602e7@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 9 Aug 2008 21:50:20 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Fritz Elfert <fritz@...n4linux.de>,
	Karsten Keil <kkeil@...e.de>,
	isdn4linux@...tserv.isdn4linux.de,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ISDN: make ICN not auto-grab port 0x320

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:39:53 +0200
Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl> wrote:

> Grabbing ISA bus resources without anything or anyone telling us we
> should can break boot on randconfig/allyesconfig builds by keeping
> resources that are in fact owned by different hardware busy and does
> as reported by Ingo Molnar.

Not an interesting case, and also wrong in the modular case where loading
the module is a direct user action indicating clear intent to use the
functionality *as is*.

NAK this one too.

At the very least make the requirement to say "like please run for real"
dependant on it not being built modular - which is what was done for the
last ones that were twiddled to keep Ingo amused.

Alan
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