From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Doug Maxey Subject: Re: FW: + qla3xxx-is-bust.patch added to -mm tree Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:41:56 -0500 Message-ID: <20060629034156.567594@bebe.enoyolf.org> References: <0BB3E5E7462EEA4295BC02D49691DC07176D31@AVEXCH1.qlogic.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Andrew Morton" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Linux Driver" Return-path: Received: from falcon30.maxeymade.com ([24.173.215.190]:11990 "EHLO bebe.enoyolf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932110AbWF2DmL (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:42:11 -0400 In-reply-to: <0BB3E5E7462EEA4295BC02D49691DC07176D31@AVEXCH1.qlogic.org> To: "Ron Mercer" Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:07:22 PDT, "Ron Mercer" wrote: > > > > Is the device hotpluggable? If so, this: > > > > qdev->index = cards_found; > > > > in the probe() handler might do odd things - it'll just keep > > increasing as the card is removed and re-added. > > > > iirc, that's a common problem with net drivers. AFAICT it'll > > cause only cosmetic oddities here. > > > > > > Not sure if the device supports hotplug. I'm looking into it. Either > way, I will be removing qdev->index. It's not needed. > Oh indeed it will on System p, the new name for the power series. Both it and the qla4xxx on a single adapter can (and will) be moved between partitions, preceded by a hot-unplug in the DLPAR environment. ++doug