Re: [HP ProLiant WatchDog driver] hpwdt HP WatchDog Patch <resend>

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Oct 23 2007 - 17:20:56 EST


On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 02:31:15PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> The driver assumes only a single instance of the device. But PCI being
> what it is, it's often possible to have multiple cards, so you might
> want some protection in case you trip over more than one.

Yes. And even with that protection please move all the global variables
into some per-device structure. That makes the code a lot more understandable
and future-proof in case multiple devices of this type may appear somewhere.

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