Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:46:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:46:07 -0500 Received: from 12-231-249-244.client.attbi.com ([12.231.249.244]:53517 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:46:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 21:48:31 -0800 From: Greg KH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make hot unplugging of PCI buses work Message-ID: <20030224054830.GA31528@kroah.com> References: <20030223173441.D20405@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030223173441.D20405@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1002 Lines: 26 On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 05:34:41PM +0000, Russell King wrote: > > Currently, we do not have a way to tell the PCI subsystem "this device > has gone, as have all its children" without manually walking the device > tree. I suspect real docking stations will require this same > functionality. Yeah, the pci hotplug driver all implemented their own code to do this, it's much smarter to put this in the core like you just did. > Furthermore, I propose that pci_remove_device() shall disappear - > and this devices makes it so (thereby breaking existing hotplug > drivers.) I like the patch, nice job. If you don't mind, I'll add it to my tree, fix up all of the pci hotplug drivers, and then send all of that off to Linus. Is that ok? thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/