"Adam J. Richter" wrote:
> You were right: the
> __devinitdata being used in the USB drivers will probably crash the
> kernel if CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not defined and the USB code attempts to
> recover from an error by faking disconnect/reconnect.
[...]
> Until there is __usbdev{init,exit}{,data}, the incorrect
> __devinitdata qualifiers should be removed from the USB device
> drivers (but not from the host controller drivers, which are PCI drivers).
If a user hotplugs a device into a kernel which does not support
CONFIG_HOTPLUG, they are shooting themselves in the foot.
I don't see that __devinitdata should be removed.
*plonk*
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