Re: [PATCH 0/3] ioc4: Driver rework

[Jeff Garzik]

Brent Casavant wrote:
> - The IOC4 chip implements multiple functions (serial, IDE, others not
>   yet implemented in the mainline kernel) but is not a multifunction
>   PCI device.  In order to properly handle device addition and removal
>   as well as module insertion and deletion, an intermediary IOC4-specific
>   driver layer is needed to handle these operations cleanly.

I disagree that a layer is needed.

Just write a PCI driver that does the following in probe:

	register IDE
	register serial
	...

and undoes all that in remove.

Device addition and removal work just fine with that scheme.

	Jeff


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