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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/12] IPMI: Allow hot system interface remove
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On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:56:06 -0600
Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> wrote:

> 
> This modifies the IPMI driver so that a lower-level interface can be
> dynamically removed while in use so it can support hot-removal of
> hardware.
> 
> It also adds the ability to specify and dynamically change the
> IPMI interface the watchdog timer and the poweroff code use.
> 

Lots of new code here.  Has it all been runtime-tested under full debug
mode and lockdep, as per Documentation/SubmitChecklist?