Re: [PATCH] driver core: add devices to deferred probe list when unbinding consumers

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 12:50:41PM +0100, Lucas Stach wrote:
> When a device is unbound due to the provider of one of the resources going
> away, add it to the deferred probe list. This way the consumer device
> driver gets a chance to rebind itself if the provider is rebound later on.

Ick, no, if someone unbinds the driver, it's gone, don't try to keep
things around.  Wasn't this rejected previously?

thanks,

greg k-h