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From: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 13/13] nubus: Add support for the driver model
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:03:12 +1100 (AEDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1711251144190.3@nippy.intranet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171124082428.GA21608@kroah.com>

On Fri, 24 Nov 2017, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> > > 
> > > But what happens when the bus code is unloaded if it is built as a 
> > > module?  The devices will be removed then.  Or they should be.
> > > 
> > 
> > This bus driver is not a module.
> 
> It can not be built as a module ever?
> 

That's right:

$ cat arch/m68k/Kconfig.bus
...
config NUBUS
        bool
        depends on MAC
        default y

I don't plan to convert this bus driver to a module, but this patch series 
would make that conversion more difficult, should it happen in future.

Therefore I plan to revise this submission to avoid or remove the existing 
global nubus_boards list, because the use of this list means that a 
hypothetical device_put() call is not allowable.

You may wish to disregard this submission.

Thanks.

-- 

  reply	other threads:[~2017-11-25  1:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-18  2:30 [PATCH v2 00/13] Modernization and fixes for NuBus subsystem Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] nubus: Fix log spam Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] nubus: Fix up header split Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] nubus: Rework /proc/bus/nubus/s/ implementation Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] nubus: Remove redundant code Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] nubus: Call proc_mkdir() not more than once per slot directory Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] nubus: Generalize block resource handling Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] nubus: Rename struct nubus_dev Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] nubus: Add support for the driver model Finn Thain
2017-11-18 10:21   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-11-20  1:01     ` Finn Thain
2017-11-23  0:24       ` Finn Thain
2017-11-23  8:04         ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-11-23 23:40           ` Finn Thain
2017-11-24  8:24             ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-11-25  1:03               ` Finn Thain [this message]
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] nubus: Add expansion_type values for various Mac models Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] nubus: Validate slot resource IDs Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] nubus: Use static functions where possible Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] nubus: Clean up whitespace Finn Thain
2017-11-18  2:30 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] nubus: Avoid array underflow and overflow Finn Thain

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