Re: [PATCH V2] PCI/portdrv: do not disable device on reboot/shutdown

[Sinan Kaya]

Bjorn,

On 5/25/2018 3:10 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 09:30:59AM -0400, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>> On 5/24/2018 2:35 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>> That sounds like a reasonable idea, and it is definitely another can
>>> of worms.  I looked briefly at some of the .shutdown() cases:
>>
>> should we throw it into 4.18 and see what happens?
> 
> It wouldn't solve this particular problem because hpsa *does* have a
> .shutdown() method.  The problem is that it doesn't work -- it's
> supposed to stop DMA and interrupts but it apparently doesn't.
> 
> I think we need to fix hpsa first.
> 

I don't know if you followed my latest V3 patch but I found a way to put
these two together to reach to an, IMO, more acceptable solution.

Sinan

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