Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:37:36 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Update PnP IDE (2/6) |
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Bill,
Can you reproduce or validate my paranoia of the ever increasing channel index?
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > > > > "ide_unregister" is only called if you are physically removing the > > controller. If PNP is going to permit physical removal when the OS is > > HOT, it may be justified. This can make a "hole" in the rest of the > > driver an generate an OOPS. IDE-CS has alway insured the ordering was > > last. > > > > I need to thinks some more about it first. > > When I have multiple PCMCIA cards with CompactFlash cards mounted, could > this result in a hole if I umount and remove them in the wrong order? I > haven't gotten it working with 2.5, but I do mount several with 2.4, and > presumably will with 2.5 when I figure it out. > > -- > bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> > CTO, TMR Associates, Inc > Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979. >
Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group
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