Re: [PATCH] bay: Exit if notify handler cannot be installed

From: Shaohua Li
Date: Tue May 06 2008 - 05:28:30 EST


On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 17:15 +0800, Holger Macht wrote:
> On Mo 05. Mai - 22:25:08, Holger Macht wrote:
> > If acpi_install_notify_handler() for a bay device fails, the bay
> driver is
> > superfluous. Most likely, another driver (like libata) is already
> caring
> > about this device anyway. Furthermore,
> > register_hotplug_dock_device(acpi_handle) from the dock driver must
> not be
> > called twice with the same handler. So clean up and exit.
>
> The patch needs some more work. I'll send an updated one as soon as
> ready.
The bay driver is duplicated with libata, I thought we should delete it.
See bug http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9526

Thanks,
Shaohua

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