From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:19:21 +0000 Subject: Re: unclean yanking out of device? Message-Id: <20040114221921.GA7194@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20040114160002.G57254@forte.austin.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <20040114160002.G57254@forte.austin.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 04:00:02PM -0600, linas@austin.ibm.com wrote: > > What is supposed to happen if I just yank out a (network/scsi) device > while it is being used, without calling any of the hotplug unregister > remove etc. functions in advance? Depends on the driver, device type, subsystem type, and most importantly, the kernel version (2.2?, 2.4?, 2.6?) This is better asked on the linux-kernel mailing list, with a specific and detailed question, as you have asked a very broad one. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel