On 01/18/2017 04:17 PM, Doug Ledford wrote: >>> EPROBE_DEFER is intended when waiting on other components the >>> driver >>> may need, not for setting stable names. >> Also EPROBE_DEFER only works during boot time. >> After boot when a module gets rmmod/insmod EPROBE_DEFER has no >> effect. > Are you positive about this? And even if you are, my answer is to fix > the core to honor EPROBE_DEFER post boot. Yes, the driver_deferred_probe_trigger() function is called from late_initcall(). After boot there is nothing to call it again. I'm investigating the udev path now as Jason suggested, but udev has its own limitations. I will see what it would take to extend the EPROBE_DEFER functionality after boot. Thanks, -- Tadeusz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
