linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] ibmebus: Prevent bus

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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:46:58 +0200
From:	Joachim Fenkes <FENKES@...ibm.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>,
	Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <pmac@....ibm.com>,
	Stefan Roscher <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Q Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] ibmebus: Prevent bus_id collisions

> > The plaintiff makes a valid point. How about a staging approach: We 
put 
> > the patch as it is now into 2.6.23 so the problem is fixed, and I'll 
post 
> > a "nice" version with autoloading support and a generic of_make_bus_id 

> > function for 2.6.24. Agree?
> 
> Ok, sounds fair. Can you make sure that the resulting bus_id is the same
> for the final version then?

No, it would change once more -- the current, minimal-invasive, variant of 
the fix uses the full_name -> "ehca@...45678", while of_make_bus_id uses 
another format: "12345678.ehca". I don't think this makes much of a 
difference, though, and users shouldn't rely on the bus_id having a 
certain format anyway, so IMHO we can live with this.

Regards,
  Joachim
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