On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:07:27 +0100 Holger Macht <hmacht@xxxxxxx> wrote: > begin_undock() is only called when triggered via a acpi notify handler > (pressing the undock button on the dock station), but complete_undock() is > always called after the eject. So if a undock is triggered through a sysfs > write, the flag DOCK_UNDOCKING has to be set for the dock station, > too. Otherwise this will freeze the system hard. > We prefer not to make systems freeze hard. > --- > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c > index 307cef6..fa44fb9 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c > +++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c > @@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ static ssize_t write_undock(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, > if (!count) > return -EINVAL; > > + begin_undock(dock_station); > ret = handle_eject_request(dock_station, ACPI_NOTIFY_EJECT_REQUEST); > return ret ? ret: count; > } I assume that this is needed in 2.6.24.x as well? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html