From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] Driver core patches for 2.6.13-rc1
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:27:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050630062732.GA23657@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200506300119.27306.dtor_core@ameritech.net>
On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 01:19:26AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Thursday 30 June 2005 01:02, Greg KH wrote:
> > Here are some small patches for the driver core. They fix a bug that
> > has caused some people to see deadlocks when some drivers are unloaded
> > (like ieee1394), and add the ability to bind and unbind drivers from
> > devices from userspace (something that people have been asking for for a
> > long time.)
> >
>
> Please don't until all buses are either audited or prepared to handle
> "surprise" disconnects.
That's what bugfixes after 2.6.13-rc2 are for :)
Seriously, I don't think this is a big deal. But I will work with you
on getting any remaining issues you have solved. For now, the patches
should stay for their usefulness to others. I'll continue this
conversation in the other thread about the bind/unbind stuff.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-30 6:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-30 6:02 [GIT PATCH] Driver core patches for 2.6.13-rc1 Greg KH
2005-06-30 6:04 ` [PATCH] driver core: add bus_find_device & driver_find_device functions Greg KH
2005-06-30 6:04 ` [PATCH] driver core: Add the ability to unbind drivers to devices from userspace Greg KH
2005-06-30 6:04 ` [PATCH] driver core: change bus_rescan_devices to return void Greg KH
2005-06-30 6:04 ` [PATCH] driver core: Add the ability to bind drivers to devices from userspace Greg KH
2005-06-30 6:04 ` [PATCH] Driver core: Use klist_del() instead of klist_remove() Greg KH
2005-06-30 6:25 ` [PATCH] driver core: Add the ability to unbind drivers to devices from userspace Dmitry Torokhov
2005-06-30 6:29 ` Greg KH
2005-06-30 6:19 ` [GIT PATCH] Driver core patches for 2.6.13-rc1 Dmitry Torokhov
2005-06-30 6:27 ` Greg KH [this message]
2005-06-30 17:22 ` John Lenz
2005-06-30 19:45 ` Greg KH
2005-06-30 21:18 ` [PATCH] add class_interface pointer to add and remove functions John Lenz
2005-07-03 20:59 ` Greg KH
2005-07-06 2:35 ` John Lenz
2005-07-06 7:17 ` Greg KH
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