linux/drivers
Greg Kroah-Hartman d779249ed4 Driver Core: add ability for drivers to do a threaded probe
This adds the infrastructure for drivers to do a threaded probe, and
waits at init time for all currently outstanding probes to complete.

A new kernel thread will be created when the probe() function for the
driver is called, if the multithread_probe bit is set in the driver
saying it can support this kind of operation.

I have tested this with USB and PCI, and it works, and shaves off a lot
of time in the boot process, but there are issues with finding root boot
disks, and some USB drivers assume that this can never happen, so it is
currently not enabled for any bus type.  Individual drivers can enable
this right now if they wish, and bus authors can selectivly turn it on
as well, once they determine that their subsystem will work properly
with it.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-09-25 21:08:40 -07:00
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acorn [PATCH] irq-flags: misc drivers: Use the new IRQF_ constants 2006-07-02 13:58:50 -07:00
acpi Merge trivial low-risk suspend hotkey bugzilla-5918 into release 2006-08-20 21:49:29 -04:00
amba [PATCH] 64bit resource: fix up printks for resources in misc drivers 2006-06-27 09:23:59 -07:00
ata [PATCH] pata_pdc2027x iomem annotations 2006-09-24 20:07:49 -07:00
atm [ATM] he: Fix __init/__devinit conflict 2006-09-24 20:09:33 -07:00
base Driver Core: add ability for drivers to do a threaded probe 2006-09-25 21:08:40 -07:00
block Merge mulgrave-w:git/scsi-misc-2.6 2006-09-23 15:33:43 -05:00
bluetooth [Bluetooth] Enable SCO support for Broadcom HID proxy dongle 2006-07-24 12:44:34 -07:00
cdrom [PATCH] cdrom/gdsc: fix printk format warning 2006-08-27 11:01:33 -07:00
char [PATCH] rtc: lockdep fix/workaround 2006-09-25 17:38:35 -07:00
clocksource [PATCH] GTOD: add scx200 HRT clocksource 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00
connector [PATCH] Process Events: Fix biarch compatibility issue. use __u64 timestamp 2006-07-31 13:28:36 -07:00
cpufreq [CPUFREQ] Fix some more CPU hotplug locking. 2006-09-22 19:15:23 -04:00
crypto [CRYPTO] padlock: Convert padlock-sha to use crypto_hash 2006-09-21 11:46:22 +10:00
dio
dma [I/OAT]: Remove pci_module_init() from Intel I/OAT DMA engine 2006-07-21 14:50:13 -07:00
edac [PATCH] drivers/edac/edac_mc.h must #include <linux/platform_device.h> 2006-08-06 08:57:46 -07:00
eisa Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
fc4 [SCSI] More buffer->request_buffer changes 2006-07-14 09:41:13 -05:00
firmware Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
hwmon [PATCH] hwmon: abituguru timeout fixes 2006-08-26 13:05:19 -07:00
i2c Merge branch 'merge' 2006-08-31 15:45:48 +10:00
ide PM: PCI and IDE handle PM_EVENT_PRETHAW 2006-09-25 21:08:37 -07:00
ieee1394 [PATCH] 1394: fix for recently added firewire patch that breaks things on ppc 2006-08-27 11:01:28 -07:00
infiniband Merge mulgrave-w:git/linux-2.6 2006-09-23 21:03:52 -05:00
input Input: psmouse - fix Intellimouse 4.0 initialization 2006-08-23 00:48:03 -04:00
isdn Merge branch 'master' into upstream 2006-08-07 06:38:41 -04:00
leds [PATCH] net48xx LED cleanups 2006-07-14 21:53:54 -07:00
macintosh [PATCH] asm/backlight.h is ppc-only 2006-09-22 17:48:57 -07:00
mca
md [BLOCK] dm-crypt: trivial comment improvements 2006-09-21 11:46:27 +10:00
media fix broken/dubious driver suspend() methods 2006-09-25 21:08:37 -07:00
message [SCSI] scsi_transport_sas: remove local_attached flag 2006-08-27 22:30:11 -05:00
mfd [ARM] 3727/1: fix ucb initialization on collie 2006-07-11 22:54:15 +01:00
misc [PATCH] irq-flags: misc drivers: Use the new IRQF_ constants 2006-07-02 13:58:50 -07:00
mmc [MMC] Always use a sector size of 512 bytes 2006-09-07 16:01:30 +01:00
mtd [MTD] Whitespace cleanup in SSFDC driver. 2006-09-23 16:20:48 +01:00
net [SUNLANCE]: Mark sparc_lance_probe_one as __devinit. 2006-09-25 16:39:56 -07:00
nubus Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
oprofile [PATCH] oprofile: convert from semaphores to mutexes 2006-06-25 10:01:04 -07:00
parisc [PATCH] irq-flags: PARISC: Use the new IRQF_ constants 2006-07-02 13:58:52 -07:00
parport [PATCH] irq-flags: misc drivers: Use the new IRQF_ constants 2006-07-02 13:58:50 -07:00
pci sysfs_remove_bin_file: no return value, dump_stack on error 2006-09-25 21:08:39 -07:00
pcmcia [PATCH] pcmcia: fix ioctl GET_CONFIGURATION_INFO for pcmcia_cards 2006-07-31 13:28:41 -07:00
pnp [PATCH] pnpacpi: reject ACPI_PRODUCER resources 2006-08-06 08:57:49 -07:00
rapidio Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
rtc [PATCH] rtc-s3c.c: fix time setting checks 2006-08-27 11:01:28 -07:00
s390 [SCSI] zfcp: fix: avoid removal of fsf reqs before qdio queues are down 2006-09-23 18:01:46 -05:00
sbus [OPENPROMIO]: Handle current_node being NULL correctly. 2006-09-18 01:47:13 -07:00
scsi fix broken/dubious driver suspend() methods 2006-09-25 21:08:37 -07:00
serial Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2006-09-22 12:48:03 -07:00
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sn [PATCH] irq-flags: misc drivers: Use the new IRQF_ constants 2006-07-02 13:58:50 -07:00
spi [PATCH] lockdep: annotate on-stack completions 2006-07-03 15:27:09 -07:00
tc [PATCH] irq-flags: misc drivers: Use the new IRQF_ constants 2006-07-02 13:58:50 -07:00
telephony Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/devfs-2.6 2006-06-29 14:19:21 -07:00
usb PM: USB HCDs use PM_EVENT_PRETHAW 2006-09-25 21:08:37 -07:00
video PM: video drivers and PM_EVENT_PRETHAW 2006-09-25 21:08:37 -07:00
w1 [PATCH] w1: remove drivers/w1/w1.h 2006-07-12 15:38:28 -07:00
zorro Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
Kconfig Move libata to drivers/ata. 2006-08-10 07:31:37 -04:00
Makefile Move libata to drivers/ata. 2006-08-10 07:31:37 -04:00