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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@beardog.cce.hp.com>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mikem@beardog.cce.hp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cciss: Add cciss_allow_hpsa module parameter.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:06:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091012150615.f9572d8a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091012153606.4367.73416.stgit@beardog.cce.hp.com>

On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:36:25 -0500
"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@beardog.cce.hp.com> wrote:

> Add cciss_allow_hpsa module parameter.  This parameter causes
> the cciss driver to ignore any Smart Array devices known to be
> supported by the hpsa driver.

An alternative approach would be to ensure that hpsa is loaded first. 
Then when cciss tries to control a device it will fail to acquire that
devices's PCI regions and will bale out in an orderly manner.

I don't know how we can reliably arrange for hpsa to execute first, but
I'm sure someone does ;)

Unless CONFIG_CCISS=y, CONFIG_HPSA=m.  Then we're screwed.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-12 22:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-12 15:36 [PATCH] cciss: Add cciss_allow_hpsa module parameter Stephen M. Cameron
2009-10-12 22:06 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2009-10-13 16:25   ` scameron
2009-10-13  7:17 ` Jens Axboe

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