Comment 27 for bug 7256

(In reply to comment #26)
> We can't fix the ordering permanently unless we make the Ubuntu kernel more
> modular, because if pmac_ide is compiled in, it is always initialized before any
> drivers which are loaded as modules, no?

Actually you can postpone the initialisation of drivers built-in to ide-core. So this can be
done easily.

> Now I'm concerned about the initrd-tools patch itself, because it will change
> the ordering for existing installs. Someone who installed Ubuntu with root on a
> device managed by one of the drivers listed after cmd64x in Clint's list would
> have their system rendered unbootable by this change, would they not?

The patch to initrd-tools doesn't change the ordering so much as actually making the modules
load.

Clint's problem comes from the fact that his system was installed from a kernel that had both
chip drivers built-in. He'd have the same problem when upgrading to a Debian ppc kernel.

However if we make the proposed change then yes it will break Ubuntu systems installed prior to
the change.