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Message-ID: <4F85EBDA.1030804@kernel.dk> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:38:50 +0200 From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> To: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@...ron.com> CC: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@...ron.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: mtip32xx: remove HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE dependancy On 2012-04-11 22:33, Asai Thambi S P wrote: > On 4/11/2012 12:57 PM, Jens Axboe wrote: > >> On 2012-04-11 20:34, Greg KH wrote: >>> This removes the HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE dependency on the driver and makes it >>> depend on PCI. >> >> I think it's an old dependency. I've built and run it here without as >> well, and no functional issues either. >> >> Sam/Asai? >> > > > Both driver and device will work fine without PCIe hotplug dependency. This > dependency is required for supporting surprise removal and surprise insertion > of the device on systems with PCIe hotplug controller. That goes for all devices, though. So I think we can safely remove this dependency. Nobody should expect hotplug/removal to work, without actually including that :-) If you or Sam would formally ack the patch, then I'll add it to the pending mtip32xx series. -- Jens Axboe -- 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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