From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261235AbTJ0HL0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2003 02:11:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261270AbTJ0HLZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2003 02:11:25 -0500 Received: from pub234.cambridge.redhat.com ([213.86.99.234]:274 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261235AbTJ0HLY (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2003 02:11:24 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 07:11:20 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Greg KH Cc: Matthew Wilcox , "Moore, Eric Dean" , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.23-pre8 driver udpate for MPT Fusion (2.05.10) Message-ID: <20031027071120.A11028@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Greg KH , Matthew Wilcox , "Moore, Eric Dean" , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E57035A9458@exa-atlanta.se.lsil.com> <20031025191828.GA17144@kroah.com> <20031025204405.GB5172@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20031025210550.GB23437@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20031025210550.GB23437@kroah.com>; from greg@kroah.com on Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 02:05:50PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 02:05:50PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > Yeah, but some drivers almost do (Adaptec comes to mind.) It will work > in a pci hotplug system, while other scsi drivers will not work at all. No, it won't work. calling scsi_register outside ->detect on 2.4 will just get you a dead Scsi_Host.