From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: "Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com>
Cc: Mark Haverkamp <markh@osdl.org>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>,
linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] aacraid: error return checking
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:06:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050913100646.GD30375@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <547AF3BD0F3F0B4CBDC379BAC7E4189F01919BC0@otce2k03.adaptec.com>
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 07:19:56AM -0400, Salyzyn, Mark wrote:
> We get complains about a driver module loaded with no associated
> hardware. There are system configurations that probe for installed
> hardware by loading modules, they expect only the functional driver
> modules to load. What purpose is there in a driver module that is loaded
> with no hardware?
Allow for hot-plug devices to be hanled without further user-space invention.
Your above probing method will have the same effect on every modern driver.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-13 10:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-12 11:19 [PATCH 5/8] aacraid: error return checking Salyzyn, Mark
2005-09-13 10:06 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
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2005-09-08 20:50 Mark Haverkamp
2005-09-10 19:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
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