Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI: remove initial bios sort of PCI devices on x86

2008-02-13 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:07:53PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:40:29PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > Good plan. I'll be glad when the vestigal internal PCI device list is > gone too. With this patch, it's the last major step, I have a series of follow-up patches that will

Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI: remove initial bios sort of PCI devices on x86

2008-02-13 Thread Matt Domsch
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:40:29PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > We currently keep 2 lists of PCI devices in the system, one in the > driver core, and one all on its own. This second list is sorted at boot > time, in "BIOS" order, to try to remain compatible with older kernels > (2.2 and earlier days).

[RFC PATCH] PCI: remove initial bios sort of PCI devices on x86

2008-02-13 Thread Greg KH
We currently keep 2 lists of PCI devices in the system, one in the driver core, and one all on its own. This second list is sorted at boot time, in "BIOS" order, to try to remain compatible with older kernels (2.2 and earlier days). There was also a "nosort" option to turn this sorting off, to

[RFC PATCH] PCI: remove initial bios sort of PCI devices on x86

2008-02-13 Thread Greg KH
We currently keep 2 lists of PCI devices in the system, one in the driver core, and one all on its own. This second list is sorted at boot time, in BIOS order, to try to remain compatible with older kernels (2.2 and earlier days). There was also a nosort option to turn this sorting off, to

Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI: remove initial bios sort of PCI devices on x86

2008-02-13 Thread Matt Domsch
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:40:29PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: We currently keep 2 lists of PCI devices in the system, one in the driver core, and one all on its own. This second list is sorted at boot time, in BIOS order, to try to remain compatible with older kernels (2.2 and earlier days).

Re: [RFC PATCH] PCI: remove initial bios sort of PCI devices on x86

2008-02-13 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:07:53PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:40:29PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: Good plan. I'll be glad when the vestigal internal PCI device list is gone too. With this patch, it's the last major step, I have a series of follow-up patches that will