[Prism54-devel] Re: Interrupt Polling

[Margit Schubert-While]

Jim scribeth:

>On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:23 PM, Margit Schubert-While wrote:
>
>>Jim scribeth:
>>
>>>>Rodel, the current Prism54 driver is not particularly suited for 
>>>>embedded devices.
>>>
>>>Care to explain why?
>>
>>Sure, the current hotplug mechanism for starters.
>
>I'm not sure why this is a show-stopper.
>
>I'm given to understand that the prism54 driver isn't that stable on 
>non-x86 architectures, and this certainly needs to be fixed in the medium 
>term (if true).

What makes you think that it isn't stable on non-x86 arches ?

What do you mean "needs to be fixed" ?
The hotplug firmware loading mechanism in 2.4 and 2.6 is the preferred
way of doing things. It's just not suitable for embedded devices that usually
lack the hotplug infrastructure.

Margit