From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from locomotive.unixthugs.org (locomotive.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.149]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C7BF2BD3C for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:06:47 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <414A011E.9040001@suse.com> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:09:50 -0400 From: Jeff Mahoney MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Mahoney References: <4149F2A9.9040601@suse.com> In-Reply-To: <4149F2A9.9040601@suse.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: Linux/PPC Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Hotplug for openfirmware/macio devices List-Id: "Linux on PowerPC \(Including Embedded\) Developers Mail List" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeff Mahoney wrote: | | Hey all - | | Many devices on the macintosh hardware platform are hidden behind a | macio asic that places devices beyond the PCI bus for hotplug. Loading | the driver manually works fine, but we have this wonderful hotplug | system now. Why should macio be a second class citizen? | | At least for me, the most noticable one was my airport card, but there | may be others. I only have an ibook and a powermac. | | Attached are three patches, which do the following: | * kernel-of-hotplug.diff; against 2.6.9-rc2 (mainline) | Take a look if you're interested. My familiarity with the PPC world is | peripheral at best. I'd love feedback. As a quick note, it's been pointed out to me that some of the drivers won't compile as is. I only compile tested with the drivers I use, so stuff slipped by. I'll have an updated kernel patch in a little bit. - -Jeff - -- Jeff Mahoney SuSE Labs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBSgEeLPWxlyuTD7IRArijAJwOG/8WGId3foGajgKTu3/s4gRJMQCePHMq CggbvmovKdA0YBkED6aLkJs= =6pUe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----