Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261947AbUFJQKl (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:10:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261943AbUFJQKj (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:10:39 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:38359 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261932AbUFJQKc (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:10:32 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:02:50 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/3] Allow registering device without taking bus lock Message-ID: <20040610160250.GA31787@kroah.com> References: <200406090221.24739.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <200406100143.53381.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <200406100145.01599.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <200406100146.25471.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200406100146.25471.dtor_core@ameritech.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 21 On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 01:46:23AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > ChangeSet@1.1769, 2004-06-10 00:10:02-05:00, dtor_core@ameritech.net > sysfs: provide means for adding and removing devices to a bus without > taking bus' semaphore so devices can be added/removed from > driver's probe() and remove() methods. Ick, no, sorry, I will not take this. For now (2.6), do what others do and add the devices from another thread, or somthing else. We will revisit this in 2.7 to make it a sane solution. Sorry, 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/