linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 0/3] Driver core: Some probing changes

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Message-ID: <20061016165915.774df040@gondolin.boeblingen.de.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:59:15 +0200
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Greg K-H <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch 0/3] Driver core: Some probing changes

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:39:28 -0400 (EDT),
Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Patch 1 is somewhat questionable.  Certainly the log message reporting the
> error should be left in.

OK, that makes sense. I'll do an updated patch.

> The other issue is whether to continue with
> probing other drivers.  I guess there's no reason not to; stopping short
> was merely an optimization.

And not stopping also solves the "broken driver prevents any other
driver from matching" problem.

-- 
Cornelia Huck
Linux for zSeries Developer
Tel.: +49-7031-16-4837, Mail: cornelia.huck@...ibm.com
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