From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pci_disable_device kills hardware (was Re: [PATCH] propagate pci_enable_device() errors)
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:14:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <412E6EC3.4060606@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040826224117.GC12762@kroah.com>
Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:52:51PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>>thanks much.
>>
>>We still need to figure out what to do for multiple-driver situations,
>>since the additional of pci_disable_device() calls literally
>>_guarantees_ failures in a two-drivers-for-the-same-hardware situation.
>
>
> the "two-drivers-for-the-same-hardware" is what needs to be fixed.
> You are on your own if you do that.
Sure, but that's handwaving away reality... It stands to reason that we
would all _prefer_ one driver for each piece of hardware.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-26 23:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-26 19:29 [PATCH] propagate pci_enable_device() errors Bjorn Helgaas
[not found] ` <412E3F93.9030503@pobox.com>
2004-08-26 22:41 ` pci_disable_device kills hardware (was Re: [PATCH] propagate pci_enable_device() errors) Greg KH
2004-08-26 23:14 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-08-26 23:25 ` Greg KH
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