From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Mouw Subject: Re: [PATCH] prevent module unloading for legacy IDE chipset drivers Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:50:58 +0200 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040426135058.GC14074@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <200404212219.24622.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <200404220250.15078.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <20040422103355.GC15176@harddisk-recovery.com> <200404221635.12490.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from users.linvision.com ([62.58.92.114]:47790 "HELO bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263948AbUDZNvA (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:51:00 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200404221635.12490.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: andersen@codepoet.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 04:35:12PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Thursday 22 of April 2004 12:33, Erik Mouw wrote: > > What makes IDE sufficiently different from SCSI that we can't unload > > IDE host drivers? > > - no reference counting > - lack of release() method > - insufficient locking Do you plan to fix the module unloading in the current code, or is it easier to write a new driver based on libata (assuming it has been fixed in libata)? If I understood Jeff's latest libata update correctly, it should be possible Real Soon Now [tm], right? Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands