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Subject: Re: DMA in PCI chipset -- module vs. compiled-in
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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On Maw, 2006-02-07 at 09:14 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> * chipset specific driver
> 
> The most common mistake is to built-in ide-generic driver
> and compile chipset specific driver as module...

Oh that no longer works. That worked in 2.4, as it would take over the
chipset. Didn't work if it was in use at the time but did work correctly
if idle.