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Subject: Re: 2.4.2 yenta_socket problems on ThinkPad 240
To: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com (Jeff Garzik)
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 14:25:15 +0100 (BST)
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> I would love to just define it unconditionally for x86, but I believe
> Martin said that causes problems with some hardware, and the way the
> BIOS has set up that hardware.  (details anyone?)

Im not sure unconditionally is wise. However turning it into a routine that
walks the PCI bus tree and returns 1 if  a duplicate is found seems to be
a little bit less likely to cause suprises