Re: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly

2011-04-29 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 01:49:21PM +, KY Srinivasan wrote: 2) Windows host would not permit reloading the driver without rebooting the guest. That's a different issue, and one that I am very surprised to hear. That kind of invalidates ever being able to update the driver in a

RE: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly

2011-04-29 Thread KY Srinivasan
) Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 01:49:21PM +, KY Srinivasan wrote: Just resend it with some more comments as I explained, and the rest, and I'll queue them up when I get caught up on my patch queue (I only

RE: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly

2011-04-29 Thread KY Srinivasan
) Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly Just resend it with some more comments as I explained, and the rest, and I'll queue them up when I get caught up on my patch queue (I only have 381 to get through, the end is near!) Done; I just

Re: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly

2011-04-29 Thread Greg KH
...@lists.osdl.org; Haiyang Zhang; Abhishek Kane (Mindtree Consulting PVT LTD) Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly Just resend it with some more comments as I explained, and the rest, and I'll queue them up when I get caught up on my

RE: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly

2011-04-29 Thread KY Srinivasan
) Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:02:43PM +, KY Srinivasan wrote: -Original Message- From: Greg KH [mailto:gre...@suse.de] Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 11:11 AM To: KY Srinivasan Cc

Re: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly

2011-04-27 Thread Greg KH
...@lists.osdl.org; Haiyang Zhang; Abhishek Kane (Mindtree Consulting PVT LTD) Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 09:20:25AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: The vmbus driver cannot be unloaded; the windows host

Re: [PATCH 08/25] Staging: hv: vmbus_driver cannot be unloaded; cleanup accordingly

2011-04-26 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 09:20:25AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: The vmbus driver cannot be unloaded; the windows host does not permit this. Cleanup accordingly. Woah, you just prevented this driver from ever being able to be unloaded. That's not a cleanup that's a major change in how things