On 05/20/2013 10:20 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:12:41AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote: >> > I mean that if no reply by any other members within a week, I will know >> > it is correct that "we need not call device_remove_file() firstly before >> > call device_unregister()" (at least, one member's reply supports this >> > conclusion). >> > >> > I find this 'question' when discussing a patch with another members in >> > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, I have read the related code and also have >> > searched with google, but can not find the result, so I want to consult >> > it in linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. > Asking random questions on lkml, and relying on the fact that no one > else happens to say anything, is not any judge as to if the answer is > correct at all. >
OK, I can understand, now, thank you for your reply. And I wish, we can provide the confirmation of all related questions about Linux kernel, in the future, > In fact, just asking questions on lkml has a very low chance of ever > getting a correct answer, given that the people that usually do know the > answer to these types of things are usually: > 1) not reading lkml because they are busy doing real work I should understand, they have no duty to have to reply the related mail, especially every members already have their own work (and normally, they are really busy). > 2) annoyed by questions that are easily answered by themselves by > either: > a) reading the code I have done, so I need not worry about this item. :-) > b) writing a simple example module and testing it out yourself > Precisely, I did not do it firstly. It seems I should do it firstly (although, at least now, I do not think it will get any valuable result for our this case) > > Good luck, > OK, 'Lucky' is really the first important !! I should continue to analyze this question, independent this 'consult' mail. Thanks. -- Chen Gang Asianux Corporation -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/