We will never have more than one iLO2 device in a server so no multiple instances are possible.
Tom -----Original Message----- From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:21 PM To: Helgaas, Bjorn Cc: Mingarelli, Thomas; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Wim Van Sebroeck Subject: Re: [HP ProLiant WatchDog driver] hpwdt HP WatchDog Patch <resend> On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 02:31:15PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > The driver assumes only a single instance of the device. But PCI > being what it is, it's often possible to have multiple cards, so you > might want some protection in case you trip over more than one. Yes. And even with that protection please move all the global variables into some per-device structure. That makes the code a lot more understandable and future-proof in case multiple devices of this type may appear somewhere. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/