Re: [PATCH] mmc: Add new via-sdmmc host controller driver

[Harald Welte]

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 12:55:37PM +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote:

> > Also, you stated that mmc_remove_host needs to be the first step.  However,
> > sdhci first kills the ongoing rquest (if "dead"), and then removes the host.
> 
> Right, because the reason you need to end the request is that failure
> to do so will wedge the MMC system and mmc_remove_host() will never
> return.
> 
> Normally the requests will eventually be completed by interrupts coming
> from the hardware, but if it got removed then that might not happen.

Ok, I will copy+paste the snippet from sdhci.c and do some testing, both
removing the card while continuously issuing requests, as well as removing the
driver while doing that.

Will submit the result again in two days or so.

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