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From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:01:06PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Doug Ledford wrote:
> 
> > in scsi_module.c works, but is too ugly to live (and totally defeats the
> > purpose of the new module loading code anyway).  Oh, and all the high
> 
> There is a purpose?  Seriously, "no use of ones object during init" is
> WRONG.  Rusty, remember I've told you that block devices need to be
> able to open() during init?  That's what it is.
> 
> We _might_ eventually kludge around that, but IMO the ->live checks on
> the init side are just plain wrong.

I tend to agree, and I almost wrote that in my email, but then decided I 
hadn't thought on the issue long enough to declare that and then be proven 
wrong and look like a fool.

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  Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>     919-754-3700 x44233
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