[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In the case of the sound driver: there are cases where the driver thinks
> it's all OK but the sound is distorted; so a more generic "reset this
> device" function might be more appropriate.
with /dev/scg, you coul dreset the bus or a device.
I would like to see this
>Since I'm not a kernel developper, I'm afraid I have no answers to your
>questions.
>I just saw this as a end-user: I'd like the OS to unload/reload (for example)
>my sound card driver
if it does not work anymore, it'd be cool. I don't know how it could be done,
I don't know if it i
s possibl
> I'm not too impressed about features which primarily
> work around broken
> software. (If the driver not responds because of
> broken hardware, then
> reloading the driver obviously makes no sense).
>
> How do you unload a driver which is stuck? It may
> have threads of control
> and those thr
