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-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/hpilo.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
index 6df0da4085e3..12ccdf94e4fa 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
@@ -736,7 +736,14 @@ static void ilo_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
free_irq(pdev->irq, ilo_hw);
ilo_unmap_device(pdev, ilo_hw);
pci_release_regions(pdev);
- pci_disable_device(pdev);
+ /*
+ * pci_disable_device(pdev) used to be here. But this PCI device has
+ * two functions with interrupt lines connected to a single pin. The
+ * other one is a USB host controller. So when we disable the PIN here
+ * e.g. by rmmod hpilo, the controller stops working. It is because
+ * the interrupt link is disabled in ACPI since it is not refcounted
+ * yet. See acpi_pci_link_free_irq called from acpi_pci_irq_disable.
+ */
kfree(ilo_hw);
ilo_hwdev[(minor / max_ccb)] = 0;
}
@@ -826,7 +833,7 @@ unmap:
free_regions:
pci_release_regions(pdev);
disable:
- pci_disable_device(pdev);
+/* pci_disable_device(pdev); see comment in ilo_remove */
free:
kfree(ilo_hw);
out: