From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew-Ztpu424NOJ8@public.gmane.org>
To: "Li, Shaohua" <shaohua.li-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>,
acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
"Brown, Len" <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Dominik Brodowski <linux-JhLEnvuH02M@public.gmane.org>,
Adam Belay <ambx1-IBH0VoN/3vPQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC]convert ACPI driver model to Linux driver model - takes 2
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:47:49 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051014124749.GD16113@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <59D45D057E9702469E5775CBB56411F19C4F95@pdsmsx406>
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 05:35:44PM +0800, Li, Shaohua wrote:
> The other issue is some ACPI drivers such as pci_root.c processor.c now
> support hotplug. They require two call backs (.add, .start). The
> callbacks are called in different sequence at the hotplug time and boot
> time. Linux driver model provides .probe callback, so it's hard to
> convert pci_root.c and processor.c.
Why do we need to have devices separately added and started? What
prevents us from doing it all in one callback? I can't quite follow
what the current code's doing, much less figure out why it's doing it.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-14 12:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-14 9:35 [RFC]convert ACPI driver model to Linux driver model - takes 2 Li, Shaohua
2005-10-14 12:47 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
[not found] ` <20051014124749.GD16113-6jwH94ZQLHl74goWV3ctuw@public.gmane.org>
2005-10-18 1:30 ` Shaohua Li
[not found] ` <1129599034.3965.6.camel-ECwVeV2eNyQD0+JXs3kMbRL4W9x8LtSr@public.gmane.org>
2005-10-18 17:32 ` Rajesh Shah
2005-10-14 15:54 ` Bjorn Helgaas
[not found] ` <200510140954.52206.bjorn.helgaas-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
2005-10-18 3:06 ` Shaohua Li
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2005-10-13 8:18 mika.penttila-9Aww8k/80nUxHbG02/KK1g
[not found] ` <20051013081837.PTGN24578.fep01-app.kolumbus.fi-7B1qVitd7rZYRdgNIgFt/t8DI8KqlI9s@public.gmane.org>
2005-10-13 8:32 ` Shaohua Li
2005-10-13 7:45 Yu, Luming
2005-10-13 8:20 ` Shaohua Li
2005-10-13 6:37 Shaohua Li
[not found] ` <1129185454.9074.15.camel-ECwVeV2eNyQD0+JXs3kMbRL4W9x8LtSr@public.gmane.org>
2005-10-13 20:43 ` Bjorn Helgaas
[not found] ` <200510131443.47844.bjorn.helgaas-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
2005-10-14 1:13 ` Shaohua Li
[not found] ` <1129252436.3948.12.camel-ECwVeV2eNyQD0+JXs3kMbRL4W9x8LtSr@public.gmane.org>
2005-10-14 3:21 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2005-10-20 17:04 ` Bjorn Helgaas
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