Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932314AbVINRzE (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:55:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932423AbVINRzE (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:55:04 -0400 Received: from peabody.ximian.com ([130.57.169.10]:34541 "EHLO peabody.ximian.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932314AbVINRzC (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:55:02 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] hdaps driver update. From: Robert Love To: dtor_core@ameritech.net Cc: Greg KH , Mr Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <1126713453.5738.7.camel@molly> <20050914160527.GA22352@kroah.com> <1126714175.5738.21.camel@molly> <20050914161622.GA22875@kroah.com> <1126715517.5738.35.camel@molly> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:55:36 -0400 Message-Id: <1126720536.5738.36.camel@molly> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 671 Lines: 20 On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 12:14 -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > For now. But I could see one changing device structure to create some > attribute that could keep the object pinned in memory even after > module is unloaded. It seems that we have settled on the rule that > driver_unregister waits for the last refrence to drop off but devices > can live longer. Sold. I'll use platform_device_register_simple (). Robert Love - 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/