Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758462AbXHaOfN (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:35:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754194AbXHaOe5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:34:57 -0400 Received: from mtagate2.de.ibm.com ([195.212.29.151]:53135 "EHLO mtagate2.de.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753912AbXHaOe4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:34:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200708302022.24167.arnd@arndb.de> To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Christoph Raisch , Jan-Bernd Themann , LKML , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras , Paul Mackerras , Stefan Roscher , Thomas Q Klein MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] ibmebus: Prevent bus_id collisions X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 7.0 HF277 June 21, 2006 From: Joachim Fenkes Message-ID: Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:34:51 +0200 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D12ML064/12/M/IBM(Release 7.0.2HF71 | November 3, 2006) at 31/08/2007 16:34:53, Serialize complete at 31/08/2007 16:34:53 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 752 Lines: 20 Hi, Arnd, > The whole logic of dynamically adding and removing device is rather bogus, > and it prevents autoloading of device drivers. of_platform_make_bus_id > is the function that is responsible for creating unique names over there. The plaintiff makes a valid point. How about a staging approach: We put the patch as it is now into 2.6.23 so the problem is fixed, and I'll post a "nice" version with autoloading support and a generic of_make_bus_id function for 2.6.24. Agree? Regards, Joachim - 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/