Re: [PATCH] Promise 'stex' driver

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On Maw, 2006-07-25 at 10:26 +0100, hch wrote:
> We have more than enough precedence for poking the bridge that comes as
> part of addon cards.  As long as the code makes sure it never pokes a bridge
> of the same type that is not on the card (and I don't have the code in front
> of me right now to check whether it's true) we can keep this code.  Please
> make sure to add a big comment that explains what is going on in detail
> and why it's okay in this special case.

It does check the basic layout so looks robust. Checking subvendor stuff
is normally a good back-up. We do similar plumbing work in the Promise
IDE and I2O code to handle the old SuperTrak/SX6000 cards and it work
solidly.

Alan

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