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From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.de>
To: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rmk@arm.linux.org.uk,
	akpm@osdl.org, rml@ximian.com, greg@kroah.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] driver model and sysfs support for PCMCIA (1/3)
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:27:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040727182750.GA7884@dominikbrodowski.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040726135313.GB3219@neo.rr.com>

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 01:53:13PM +0000, Adam Belay wrote:
> I agree that the current resources_ready flag could create potential problems.
> I've created another patch against the previous three that removes its usage,
> and relies entirely on DS_BIND_REQUEST.  Devices are now removed but never
> added during hardware events.  As for "hotplug", I was just trying to create
> a complete driver model implementation.  I don't expect it to be used much now,
> but it is an official driver model feature.

The problem are the "values" you export by the hotplug call: if your patch
is merged "as is", then the values you make available to userspace will need
to be supported for a long time, even if this means it'll cause difficulties
once pcmcia becomes fully integrated into the driver model.

	Dominik

      reply	other threads:[~2004-07-27 18:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-28 20:02 [RFC][PATCH] driver model and sysfs support for PCMCIA (1/3) Adam Belay
2004-06-29  5:57 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-06-29  8:46 ` Russell King
2004-06-29 19:09 ` Dominik Brodowski
2004-07-05 22:47   ` Adam Belay
2004-07-19  8:02     ` Dominik Brodowski
2004-07-26 13:53       ` Adam Belay
2004-07-27 18:27         ` Dominik Brodowski [this message]

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