Hello, On 08/18/2010 05:15 PM, Alan Cox wrote: >> That's the reason why we have module priorities. The link priority >> becomes module priority and modprobe will deterministically prefer >> ata_piix over ata_generic if a controller is supported by both. > > Sure - but if ata_generic is already compiled in or already loaded ? Well, what if pata_acpi is already compiled in or already loaded? Or what if ata_piix is already compiled in or already loaded but ahci is not for an ich6 controller? We have priorities in the drivers, if the user/admin wants to use the lower priority ones that much, he/she shall. This isn't an issue. There's no way to hotplug intel IDEs anyway. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
