Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752021AbWJ1JXK (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:23:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752031AbWJ1JXK (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:23:10 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([217.147.92.249]:29711 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752021AbWJ1JXI (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:23:08 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:22:54 +0100 From: Russell King To: "Adam J. Richter" Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, bunk@stusta.de, greg@kroah.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, matthew@wil.cx, pavel@ucw.cz, shemminger@osdl.org Subject: Re: [patch] drivers: wait for threaded probes between initcall levels Message-ID: <20061028092254.GA23461@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: "Adam J. Richter" , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, bunk@stusta.de, greg@kroah.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, matthew@wil.cx, pavel@ucw.cz, shemminger@osdl.org References: <200610280823.k9S8NZ2D004392@freya.yggdrasil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200610280823.k9S8NZ2D004392@freya.yggdrasil.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 884 Lines: 24 On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 04:23:35PM +0800, Adam J. Richter wrote: > This interface would have problems with nesting. Adam (and the rest of the parallel crowd), Just a passing thought (and nothing more)... How does this behave with PCMCIA initialisation with a Cardbus card inserted? This is one scenario which needs checking before any of this parallel probe code goes anywhere near mainline, since it's possible for the Cardbus (PCI) device to be added and therefore probed while the Yenta probe (PCI) is still running. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - 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/