Hi Rajesh,
--- Rajesh Shah <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 03:50:16PM +0200, Paul Ionescu wrote:
> >
> > Does this mean that when it will be ported for i386, I will be able to
> > really use my Docking Station ?
>
> No. The current patches only trigger when a _root_ bridge is
> hot-added, not a PCI to PCI bridge (which is what the docking
> station is). The code to support p2p bridge hotplug will benefit
> from these patches but more code is needed to support that.
>
Thanks for the info.
Is p2p hotplug in your roadmap (for i386) ?
Can you please give me an example of a root bridge ?
Thanks,
Paul
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 12:34:07PM -0800, Paul Ionescu wrote:
>
> --- Rajesh Shah <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > No. The current patches only trigger when a _root_ bridge is
> > hot-added, not a PCI to PCI bridge (which is what the docking
> > station is). The code to support p2p bridge hotplug will benefit
> > from these patches but more code is needed to support that.
> >
>
> Thanks for the info.
> Is p2p hotplug in your roadmap (for i386) ?
> Can you please give me an example of a root bridge ?
>
I believe others are already working on it. I expect to free up
a bit more in a couple of weeks. If I don't see any patches or
indication of activity by then, I'll work on adding this support
too.
Rajesh