Re: [BKPATCH] bus notifiers for the generic device model

Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 09:56:03 -0800


On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:09:21AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
> There are certain bus types (notably MCA and parisc internal ones) that like
> to do generic houskeeping operations (claim slots, claim uniform resources
> etc.) when drivers are attached to devices.

But doesn't the bus specific core know when drivers are attached, as it
was told to register or unregister a specific driver? So I don't see
why this is really needed.

thanks,

greg k-h
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