Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 12:16:41 -0700 From: Hiten Pandya <hmp@nxad.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: julian@elischer.org Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 38917 for review Message-ID: <20031004191641.GA27319@perrin.nxad.com> In-Reply-To: <20031003.000052.96921421.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20031001142349.A87379@FreeBSD.org> <20031001.164315.11988972.imp@bsdimp.com> <20031002022135.GA26666@perrin.nxad.com> <20031003.000052.96921421.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 12:00:52AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: : In message: <20031002022135.GA26666@perrin.nxad.com> : Hiten Pandya <hmp@nxad.com> writes: : : Does this also include PCI Hotplugging or is this going to be : : a separate effort? : : Yes and no. : : We already have removable devices in the tree. CardBus, PC Card, USB : and Firewire. Right now the drivers take liberties and chances and : there are a number of ugly races that rear their ugly heads. This is : an effort to clean that up and make things totally safe in all the : cases that we can think of, and to document those areas where we : can't. : : There's no specific plans on my part to implement the hot plug state : transition and deal with it. People have raised their hands in the : past to work on it, but so far no one has made significant progress in : public view. Hmm, I see your point of view. Also, another problem with PCI Hotplug controllers is that most of them are proprietary, like for example, the IBM controllers. Regards, -- Hiten Pandya hmp@backplane.com
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