From: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>
To: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>
Cc: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org>,
"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@us.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>,
linux-pci <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>,
gregkh@suse.de
Subject: Re: Problems with fakephp
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:43:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081203174318.GB26130@ldl.fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200812031822.57197.eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>
* Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>:
> Alex Chiang wrote:
> > I think the way forward is:
> >
> > - merge in the function level hotplug patch
>
> Sorry that I don't get the point. To PCI Hotplug core or to fakephp?
I was talking about Trent's patch to add the "remove" attribute
to the pci-sysfs. Not fakephp.
> > - wholesale replacement of fakephp with new fakephp
> > - schedule new fakephp for deprecation
> ^^^
>
> I don't think so.
If we get function level reset as part of the PCI core, then I
don't see what fakephp offers us anymore.
> > - encourage anyone who wants function level hotplug to
> > use the 'remove' attribute
> >
> > Thoughts? Jesse, Willy, Eike, Greg?
>
> Oh yes, let's start using dummyphp ;) That one already handled
> the rescan long ago. But I think it's a bit outdated at the
> moment, I haven't touched it for month. Looks like I need to
> bring it back to live.
I take it you are not impressed with my proposal? Care to explain why not?
/ac
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-03 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-25 21:24 [PATCH] fakephp: Allocate PCI resources before adding the device Darrick J. Wong
2008-11-25 21:43 ` Greg KH
2008-11-26 4:46 ` Trent Piepho
2008-11-26 7:48 ` Darrick J. Wong
2008-11-26 9:56 ` Trent Piepho
2008-11-26 18:18 ` Darrick J. Wong
2008-11-26 22:23 ` Trent Piepho
2008-11-26 22:55 ` Alex Chiang
2008-11-27 1:44 ` Trent Piepho
2008-11-27 2:42 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-11-28 10:11 ` Trent Piepho
2008-11-28 18:57 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-11-28 21:21 ` Trent Piepho
2008-11-28 21:30 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-12-01 1:10 ` Problems with fakephp Trent Piepho
2008-12-16 20:28 ` fixup PCI device booleans in sysfs Jesse Barnes
2008-11-28 23:18 ` [PATCH] fakephp: Allocate PCI resources before adding the device Alex Chiang
2008-12-01 13:00 ` Problems with fakephp Trent Piepho
2008-12-02 3:16 ` Alex Chiang
2008-12-03 4:07 ` Trent Piepho
2008-12-03 4:38 ` Alex Chiang
2008-12-03 17:22 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2008-12-03 17:43 ` Alex Chiang [this message]
2008-12-03 17:55 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2008-12-03 18:22 ` Alex Chiang
2008-12-08 21:09 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2008-12-01 13:36 ` Trent Piepho
2008-12-01 14:08 ` [PATCH] PCI: Method for removing PCI devices Trent Piepho
2008-12-01 14:40 ` Greg KH
2008-12-01 14:08 ` [PATCH] PCI: Legacy fakephp driver Trent Piepho
2008-11-27 1:52 ` [PATCH] fakephp: Allocate PCI resources before adding the device Darrick J. Wong
2008-11-28 9:51 ` Trent Piepho
2008-11-28 18:42 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2008-11-28 21:06 ` Trent Piepho
2008-12-01 17:08 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2008-12-16 19:33 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-12-16 20:56 ` [PATCH] fakephp: Allocate PCI resources before adding the?device Darrick J. Wong
2008-12-21 2:23 ` Trent Piepho
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