linux-kernel - Re: pci: add to global list before sysfs?

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Message-Id: <1208122634.6958.59.camel@pasglop>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:37:14 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: pci: add to global list before sysfs?

On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 18:55 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> > Why not just create a thread in your driver, or timer, and sleep
> until
> > you see the other devices?  If after a certian time you never do,
> then
> > bail out.
> > 
> > That should work properly for you for both cases (startup and
> loading
> > later.)
> > 

You don't need a timer. You can just use the notifier mechanism I added
a while ago that should call you on device addition and removal on the
bus type you are interested in.

Ben.

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