Re: [PATCH] bay: Exit if notify handler cannot be installed

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From: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
To: Holger Macht <hmacht@suse.de>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Accardi, Kristen C" <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bay: Exit if notify handler cannot be installed
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 17:23:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1210065811.12668.1.camel@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080506091522.GA4378@homac>

On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 17:15 +0800, Holger Macht wrote:
> On Mo 05. Mai - 22:25:08, Holger Macht wrote:
> > If acpi_install_notify_handler() for a bay device fails, the bay
> driver is
> > superfluous. Most likely, another driver (like libata) is already
> caring
> > about this device anyway. Furthermore,
> > register_hotplug_dock_device(acpi_handle) from the dock driver must
> not be
> > called twice with the same handler. So clean up and exit.
> 
> The patch needs some more work. I'll send an updated one as soon as
> ready.
The bay driver is duplicated with libata, I thought we should delete it.
See bug http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9526

Thanks,
Shaohua

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2008-05-06  9:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-05 20:25 Holger Macht
2008-05-06  9:15 ` Holger Macht
2008-05-06  9:23   ` Shaohua Li [this message]
2008-05-06  9:33     ` Holger Macht
2008-05-06  9:35       ` Holger Macht
2008-05-06 15:24         ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-06 17:12           ` Holger Macht
2008-05-07  1:03         ` Shaohua Li
2008-05-06 15:18     ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-06 15:20       ` Alan Cox
2008-05-06 15:39         ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-06 15:49           ` Alan Cox
2008-05-06 17:17           ` Holger Macht
2008-05-06 17:13       ` Holger Macht
2008-05-07  1:04       ` Shaohua Li
2008-05-07  1:13         ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-07  1:27           ` Shaohua Li
2008-05-07 12:37             ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-07 12:43               ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-05-07 13:05               ` Holger Macht
2008-05-07 14:17               ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-21 10:45 Holger Macht
2008-05-21 10:59 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-21 11:06   ` Holger Macht

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