In article <m1veqqxyrb.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote: > > Not all pci busses support it but there is a standard pci bus reset bit > in pci bridges. > > I don't know if it would help but it might make sense to have a config > option that can be used to mark drivers that are known to have problems, > in these scenarios. > > CONFIG_BRITTLE_INIT perhaps? > > It would at least make it easier for people to see which drivers > they don't want to use, and give people some incentive to fix things. I believe that MPT Fusion could go on that list. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.ia64/14451 -- Horms H: http://www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: http://www.valinux.co.jp/en/ - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html