From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751044AbWHQMEr (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:04:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751206AbWHQMEq (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:04:46 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:12945 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751044AbWHQMEp (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:04:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:00:13 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Alan Cox , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH: Multiprobe sanitizer Message-ID: <20060817120013.GC6843@kroah.com> References: <1155746538.24077.371.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060816222633.GA6829@kroah.com> <1155774994.15195.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1155797833.11312.160.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1155804060.15195.30.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1155806676.11312.175.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1155806676.11312.175.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 11:24:35AM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Probe ordering is fragile and completely defeated with busses that are > already probed asynchronously (like USB or firewire), and things can > only get worse. Thus we need to look for generic solutions, the trick of > maintaining probe ordering will work around problems today but we'll > still hit the wall in an increasing number of cases in the future. That's exactly why udev was created :) It can handle bus ordering issues already today just fine, and distros use it this way in shipping, "enterprise ready" products. thanks, greg k-h