On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 18:23, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > The transport can notify that the device is gone, but an ULP entity will > > call scsi_remove_device() not the other way around. > > NO! > > This is an insanely complicated scheme. > We have no notification beforehand. User yanks out cable. > That's it. No preperation at all. > > We as the writers of device drivers need a way to get rid of the device > as we are notified of the physical disconnect. It is not our job to maintain > devices in an undead state.
If you think about it rationally there isnt a lot that can be done higher up. At the point the hardware vanishes there may be other threads of execution already in your driver, so undead state is a reality you have to live with, at least briefly. Providing you refcount objects and defer freeing of resources its not normally too terrible ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
