Re: [patch 1/2] fastboot: Add a module parameter to skip probing of specific ports
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:00:27 +0100
- From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] fastboot: Add a module parameter to skip probing of specific ports
> > What > > defines the probe order here particularly as people are pushing for > > parallel probing of multiple devices. > > the patches I'm pushing for this don't change probe order; that has > been tried before and wasn't a great success. That was a question sorry. You are sledgehammering controllers by discovery sequence - you've no idea if they will always be found in that order. As such your boot option is incredibly fragile. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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