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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:33:19 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> To: mike.miller@...com Cc: jens.axboe@...cle.com, akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...ell.com Subject: Re: [Patch 2/2] cciss: add reboot notifier support to driver On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 03:12:51PM -0600, Mike Miller (OS Dev) wrote: > Patch 2/2 > > This patch adds reboot_notifier support to cciss. Changes in firmware make this patch > essential. Without this patch there may be valid data left in the controller's battery > backed write cache (BBWC) on shutdown. We found out the hard way that the kernel does > not call our cleanup routines on shutdown or reboot. It seems that only rmmod calls > the cleanup. > Please consider this for inclusion. > NAK. This should be using the shutdown method in struct pci_driver instead. I really wish we wouldn't export the reboot_notifier so people don't repeat this mistake over and over again.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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