From: Yu, L. <lum...@in...> - 2004-01-12 07:20:25
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> One comment about removing - I didn't mean calling the serial=20 > device's=20 > remove method in the ACPI namespace, but rather having the=20 > serial driver=20 > call serial_unregister() to release the resources. > I would think that if the driver unregisters from the acpi=20 > bus, then it=20 > should also release the resources, after all, wouldn't it be=20 > possible that=20 > after the driver unregisters with the acpi bus, yet still holds the=20 > resources, couldn't a second serial driver come along and=20 > register for the=20 > same type of devices, and get the same serial device that is=20 > already handled=20 > by the first serial driver? >=20 As for resources management, ACPI seems to just let other driver know the resources configuration. So you cannot count=20 on acpi for that purpose. |