Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 May 2014 18:10:42 +0100 | From | One Thousand Gnomes <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] x86/iosf: Make IOSF driver modular and usable by more drivers |
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On Wed, 07 May 2014 10:04:56 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> On 05/07/2014 09:48 AM, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > > On Fri, 2 May 2014 10:36:39 -0700 > >> +bool iosf_mbi_available(void) > >> +{ > >> + return mbi_pdev; > >> +} > >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iosf_mbi_available); > > > > Probably worth a follow up patch that comments this so the assumption > > that iosf can never be unloaded or hot-unplugged is clear. > > > > When you say unloaded you mean the module or the hardware?
Both. Currently the hardware isn't removable (but could be virtually removed by playing with unplugging) and the module can't be unloaded so the assumption is fine.
Alan
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