Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264359AbUASWt6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:49:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264434AbUASWt6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:49:58 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([213.86.99.234]:55823 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264359AbUASWtz (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:49:55 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:49:53 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Greg KH Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , anton@samba.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ppc64: VIO support, from Dave Boutcher, Hollis Blanchard and Santiago Leon Message-ID: <20040119224953.A7395@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing List , anton@samba.org References: <200401192200.i0JM0dtb006058@hera.kernel.org> <20040119223230.GA4885@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040119223230.GA4885@kroah.com>; from greg@kroah.com on Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 02:32:30PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 737 Lines: 15 On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 02:32:30PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Ick ick ick. I thought you all were not going to add this function, but > just use vio_register_driver() on it's own? Loading a driver should not > depend on CONFIG_HOTPLUG, as we now have different ways we can bind > drivers to devices after they are loaded (see the new_id stuff for pci > devices as an example.) I wonder why this code got merged at all. Half of it could easily be scrapped by using the driver model properly. - 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/