Re: [Patch 0/3] Driver core: Some probing changes

From: Cornelia Huck
Date: Mon Oct 16 2006 - 10:59:06 EST


On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:39:28 -0400 (EDT),
Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Patch 1 is somewhat questionable. Certainly the log message reporting the
> error should be left in.

OK, that makes sense. I'll do an updated patch.

> The other issue is whether to continue with
> probing other drivers. I guess there's no reason not to; stopping short
> was merely an optimization.

And not stopping also solves the "broken driver prevents any other
driver from matching" problem.

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Cornelia Huck
Linux for zSeries Developer
Tel.: +49-7031-16-4837, Mail: cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx
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