Messages in this thread | | | From | Wagner Ferenc <> | Subject | Re: RocketPort Linux driver errors on module reload | Date | Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:47:28 +0200 |
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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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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