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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:12:13 -0500 (EST)
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update PnP IDE (2/6)
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On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Andre Hedrick wrote:

> 
> 
> "ide_unregister" is only called if you are physically removing the
> controller.  If PNP is going to permit physical removal when the OS is
> HOT, it may be justified.  This can make a "hole" in the rest of the
> driver an generate an OOPS.  IDE-CS has alway insured the ordering was
> last.
> 
> I need to thinks some more about it first.

When I have multiple PCMCIA cards with CompactFlash cards mounted, could
this result in a hole if I umount and remove them in the wrong order? I
haven't gotten it working with 2.5, but I do mount several with 2.4, and
presumably will with 2.5 when I figure it out.

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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