From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Neukum Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] USB changes for 2.5.58 Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 17:06:56 +0100 Sender: linux-usb-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200301241706.56152.oliver@neukum.name> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: linux-usb-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Alan Stern , Matthew Dharm Cc: Doug Ledford , Luben Tuikov , David Brownell , Mike Anderson , Greg KH , linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Linux SCSI list List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org > Matt's current proposed patch has the USB LLDD calling > scsi_unregister_host() (because the device is respresented as an emula= ted > host adapter) when it learns that the device is gone. Provided that > routine doesn't block for very long, provided it handles all the detail= s > of hotplug notifications, and provided it guarantees that after it retu= rns > there will be no more calls to the emulated adapter, I don't see any > problem. The LLDD can go ahead and remove all records of the former > device, secure in the knowledge that all pointers to data structures an= d > entry points have been erased. > > Isn't this exactly what everyone has been asking for and debating about= ? If it only met the requirements, we'd be happy. But it doesn't. By a large margin. =09Regards =09=09Oliver ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel