Re: [PATCH] lpfc : add module parameter that allows adapter instances to avoid attachment

[Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 03:33:57PM +0000, James Bottomley wrote:
> Actually they better be ... we'll get into real trouble if they're not
> because of the way we flatten the space for multiple bus binding
> drivers.

Er ... where do we do that?  As far as I'm aware, to bind to multiple
busses, you register multiple foo_driver.  They're separate namespaces.

> Even if I accepted your argument, I still can't see why we'd only
> implement this for PCI, and thus why it shouldn't be in the generic
> device part (except possibly with a bus type name qualifier).

Adding the bus name qualifier would work.  It seems like much more typing,
in order to get what advantage over just implementing it for PCI?

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