Re: 3c59x and cardbus

Andrew Morton (akpm@zip.com.au)
Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:40:39 -0800


christophe barbé wrote:
>
> When you remove a 3c59x-based cardbus, the fonction vortex_remove_one
> is called and this function end with kfree(dev).
>
> I was looking why enable_wol loose its value after a remove/insert cycle
> but this value is store in the private part of dev so it's free with
> dev.
>
> The driver is not unloaded during the remove/insert cycle so it's a
> kernel space problem.

Yes, all driver state is destroyed when the hardware is removed.
Look at it the other way: if this was not done, the driver would
have a memory leak.

I guess it would be possible to retain some state across insertion
cycles, keyed off the MAC address or something. What's it needed
for?

-
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/