Subject: Re: Ordering device probes
To: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/20/2006 17:31:34
On Feb 20, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:

> And making this runtime like this removes the "static"  
> dependencies, but
> it *does* create a need for the driver to know what its own direct
> dependencies are.  Not an unreasonable requirement, I think.

In Peter's case, it's not the driver that has the direct  
dependencies... it's the "board support package"... the emac driver's  
dependency on the SEEPROM is quite *indirect*.

-- thorpej