From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266538AbUG0S3F (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:29:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266549AbUG0S3F (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:29:05 -0400 Received: from natnoddy.rzone.de ([81.169.145.166]:62701 "EHLO natnoddy.rzone.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266538AbUG0S3D (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:29:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:27:50 +0200 From: Dominik Brodowski To: Adam Belay , 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) Message-ID: <20040727182750.GA7884@dominikbrodowski.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dominik Brodowski , Adam Belay , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rmk@arm.linux.org.uk, akpm@osdl.org, rml@ximian.com, greg@kroah.com References: <20040628200224.GE5175@neo.rr.com> <20040629190948.GA8659@dominikbrodowski.de> <20040705224704.GA4090@neo.rr.com> <20040719080237.GB9494@dominikbrodowski.de> <20040726135313.GB3219@neo.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040726135313.GB3219@neo.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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