From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] cciss: remove calls to pci_disable_device Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:12:37 +0000 Message-ID: <20061212231237.59581b28@localhost.localdomain> References: <20061212195458.GB2471@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:44441 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964788AbWLLXGz (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:06:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20061212195458.GB2471@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: mike.miller@hp.com Cc: mikem@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net, akpm@osdl.org, jens.axboe@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:54:58 -0600 "Mike Miller (OS Dev)" wrote: > PATCH 2/2 > > This patch removes calls to pci_disable_device except in fail_all_cmds. The pci_disable_device function does something nasty to Smart Array controllers that pci_enable_device does not undo. So if the driver is unloaded it cannot be reloaded. Acked-by: Alan Cox Various devices do this. Please however update the patch or add a patch which includes comments as to why or someone will helpfully put them back one day.