Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:12:50 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] PCI: Add pci shutdown ability |
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On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 09:45:25PM +0200, Alexander Nyberg wrote: > > Well it seems that people are starting to want to hook the reboot > > notifier, or the device shutdown facility in order to properly shutdown > > pci drivers to make kexec work nicer. > > > > So here's a patch for the PCI core that allows pci drivers to now just > > add a "shutdown" notifier function that will be called when the system > > is being shutdown. It happens just after the reboot notifier happens, > > and it should happen in the proper device tree order, so everyone should > > be happy. > > > > Any objections to this patch? > > Not sure what you mean by "make kexec work nicer" but if it is because > some devices don't work after a kexec I have some objections. > What about the kexec-on-panic?
People are starting to submit patches for pci drivers that add "reboot notifier" hooks, under the guise of fixing up kexec issues with those drivers.
That is why I proposed this patch, to make it easier for such drivers to shutdown properly, without needing a reboot notifier hook (which takes up more code and memory.
thanks,
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