Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:30:13 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.16-rc4: known regressions |
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 09:19:44PM +0000, Russell King wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:54:10AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Yes, I tend to think that insmod should just block until all devices are > > ready to be used. insmod doesn't just "insert a module". It runs that > > module's init function. > > Not always possible. In the case of PCMCIA, we've had to run things > asynchronously because of the #$@$#@ driver model locking issues - > otherwise adding a PCI (cardbus) device while we're in the probe for > the yenta device deadlocked.
That issue should be fixed now :)
thanks,
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