Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:27:50 +0200 | From | Dominik Brodowski <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] driver model and sysfs support for PCMCIA (1/3) |
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On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 01:53:13PM +0000, Adam Belay wrote: > I agree that the current resources_ready flag could create potential problems. > I've created another patch against the previous three that removes its usage, > and relies entirely on DS_BIND_REQUEST. Devices are now removed but never > added during hardware events. As for "hotplug", I was just trying to create > a complete driver model implementation. I don't expect it to be used much now, > but it is an official driver model feature.
The problem are the "values" you export by the hotplug call: if your patch is merged "as is", then the values you make available to userspace will need to be supported for a long time, even if this means it'll cause difficulties once pcmcia becomes fully integrated into the driver model.
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