From: Wagner Ferenc <wferi@niif.hu>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RocketPort Linux driver errors on module reload
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:47:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87myujsdpr.fsf@szonett.ki.iif.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4713BAD0.9020606@gmail.com> (Jiri Slaby's message of "Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:09:04 +0200")
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> writes:
> Anyway the driver faces another problem with pci refcounting (it
> doesn't increment the counter) and the device might be removed from
> it any time the pci bus code decides.
That doesn't sound too good... Do you mean the module could stop
working any time, even if its devices are being used continuously?
> Are you willing to test to-pci-probing patches (i.e. patches which
> converts the driver to the model introduced in linux 2.4)?
Well yes. We've got a copule of such cards, which raises some
interest in a proper driver. Just send the patches with some
instructions along, or point me to a git branch if you prefer.
> If not, I'll only increment the counter on modprobe and decrement it
> on rmmod, since it would be a safe (in the meaning of not changing
> that much code) way of fixing the problem.
And what are the drawbacks of this simple solution?
--
Regards,
Feri.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-16 7:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-15 9:55 Ferenc Wagner
2007-10-15 11:25 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-10-15 12:57 ` Ferenc Wagner
2007-10-15 19:09 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-10-16 7:47 ` Wagner Ferenc [this message]
2007-10-16 21:19 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-10-18 21:53 ` Ferenc Wagner
2007-10-18 22:08 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-10-18 22:48 ` Ferenc Wagner
2007-10-17 17:06 Nick Thompson
2007-10-17 19:35 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-10-17 19:48 ` Nick Thompson
2007-10-18 22:08 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-10-18 23:02 ` Nick Thompson
2007-12-08 10:00 ` Jiri Slaby
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