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Subject: Re: Forcible removal of modules
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From: John Fremlin <chief@bandits.org>
Date: 07 Mar 2001 19:57:22 +0000
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 Thomas Hood <thood@excite.com> writes:

> Sometimes modules need to be reloaded in order
> to cause some sort of reinitialization (of the
> driver or of the hardware) to occur.

Why not set up the device driver to handle PM events itself. See
Documentation/pm.txt under Driver Interface.

I have a race free version of pm_send_all if you want it.

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