Re: Load order problem

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From: Walter Oney (waltoney_at_oneysoft.com)
Date: 04/05/04


Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 06:26:45 -0400

Lars Birkemose wrote:
> But if a customer installs ex a filter driver on a serial port, the serial
> port is accessed BEFORE the final firmware is loaded.
> I can not include serial support in the boot firmware, also defeats the
> purpose of dynamicly loading firmware.

If your board-level driver acts as a bus driver by creating serial port
child devices, the load order behavior will be exactly what you want. I
don't think there's any other good way to do it, either.

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