Re: [PATCH 12/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Add a DMI signature to support auto-loading

[PATCH 00/49] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 01/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: In vmbus_child_driver_unregister() don't set the bus field to NULL · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 04/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Fix a bug in the storvsc_remove() function · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 02/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Cleanup the exit function in storvsc_drv.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 05/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Cleanup some dated/unnecessary comments · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 08/49] Staging: hv: stor: Get rid of the unused initialization of the name field · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 06/49] Staging: hv: stor: Get rid of unnecessary DPRINTs in stor vsc_drv.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 09/49] Staging: hv: blk: Get rid of the unused initialization of the name field · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 23/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Directly invoke the channel callback · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 49/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout value in vmbus_request_offers() · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
Re: [PATCH 49/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout value in vmbus_request_offers() · Greg KH <hidden> · 2011-06-07
RE: [PATCH 49/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout value in vmbus_request_offers() · KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-07
Re: [PATCH 49/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout value in vmbus_request_offers() · Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> · 2011-06-07
RE: [PATCH 49/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout value in vmbus_request_offers() · KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-07
[PATCH 07/49] Staging: hv: stor: Rename the vriable gStorVscDeviceType in storvsc_drv.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 03/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Cleanup the module init function in storvsc_drv.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 48/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Change Cleanup to cleanup in channel.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 47/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Cleanup some error values in channel.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 45/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Cleanup error codes in hv.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 46/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Cleanup error codes in connection.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 44/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Cleanup error handling in vmbus_bus_init() · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 43/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Cleanup some error codes in vmbus_drv.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 42/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Properly handle memory allocation failure in channel.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 40/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Rename local variables in vmbus_drv.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 41/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Increase the timeout for some critical calls · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 38/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of a dated comment in channel_mgmt.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 39/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Fix a memory barrier call in vmbus_drv.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 36/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of a dated comment in vmbus_drv.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 37/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of an unused function in connection.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 34/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Embed the state needed to close the channel · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 33/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Move the definition of struct vmbus_channel · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 35/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Use the newly introduced state in closing the channel · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 32/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Correct some dated comments in channel.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 30/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the unused function vmbus_ontimer() · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 29/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Change the memory barrier in hv_ringbuffer_write() · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 31/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of some dated comments in channel.c · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 28/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Introduce read dependency in hv_get_ringbuffer_availbytes() · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 27/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Fix the memory barrier in hv_ringbuffer_read() · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 26/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the poll timer in the channel state · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
Re: [PATCH 26/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the poll timer in the channel state · Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 25/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of unneeded calls to dump_vmbus_channel · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 24/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the unused wrapper - vmbus_onchannel_event() · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
Re: [PATCH 24/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the unused wrapper - vmbus_onchannel_event() · Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> · 2011-06-06
RE: [PATCH 24/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the unused wrapper - vmbus_onchannel_event() · KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-07
Re: [PATCH 24/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the unused wrapper - vmbus_onchannel_event() · Greg KH <hidden> · 2011-06-07
RE: [PATCH 24/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the unused wrapper - vmbus_onchannel_event() · KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-07
Re: [PATCH 24/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the unused wrapper - vmbus_onchannel_event() · Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> · 2011-06-07
[PATCH 22/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the call to dump channel state in channel event handler · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 21/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of the timer based handling of channel events · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 20/49] Staging: hv: blkvsc: We don't support removable media; get rid of unnecessary state · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 15/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Make vmbus an acpi bus driver · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
Re: [PATCH 15/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Make vmbus an acpi bus driver · Greg KH <hidden> · 2011-06-07
[PATCH 19/49] Staging: hv: blkvsc: Fix bugs in the module unload path · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 18/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Add the DSDT _HID name as well · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 17/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of vmbus_acpi_exit() by inlining the code · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 14/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Use the DSDT specified irq for vmbus · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 11/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Don't free the channel when the channel is closed · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 13/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Change the signature of vmbus_bus_init() · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 16/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Get rid of vmbus_acpi_init() by inlining the code · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
[PATCH 12/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Add a DMI signature to support auto-loading · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
Re: [PATCH 12/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Add a DMI signature to support auto-loading · Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> · 2011-06-06
RE: [PATCH 12/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Add a DMI signature to support auto-loading · KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-07
Re: [PATCH 12/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Add a DMI signature to support auto-loading · Greg KH <hidden> · 2011-06-07
RE: [PATCH 12/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Add a DMI signature to support auto-loading · KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-07
Re: [PATCH 12/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Add a DMI signature to support auto-loading · Greg KH <hidden> · 2011-06-07
RE: [PATCH 12/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Add a DMI signature to support auto-loading · KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-08
Re: [PATCH 12/49] Staging: hv: storvsc: Add a DMI signature to support auto-loading · Greg KH <hidden> · 2011-06-08
[PATCH 10/49] Staging: hv: mouse: Get rid of the unused initialization of the name field · "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> · 2011-06-06
Re: [PATCH 00/49] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup · Greg KH <hidden> · 2011-06-07

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date: 2011-06-06 23:13:08
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On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 03:49:36PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:

To support auto-loading the storvsc driver, add a DMI signature.

The storvsc driver is not a DMI driver, but a vmbus driver.  As such it
should have a vmbus table that is used for autoloading, not a dmi one.

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