Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:29:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:29:53 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust128.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.128]:52208 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:29:53 -0400 Subject: Re: ignore pci devices? From: Alan Cox To: Gerd Knorr Cc: Martin Mares , Kernel List In-Reply-To: <20020911122048.GA6863@bytesex.org> References: <20020910134708.GA7836@bytesex.org> <20020910163023.GA3862@ucw.cz> <1031683362.1537.104.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20020910184128.GA5627@ucw.cz> <1031688912.31787.129.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20020911122048.GA6863@bytesex.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-6) Date: 11 Sep 2002 13:38:00 +0100 Message-Id: <1031747880.2726.40.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 828 Lines: 21 On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 13:20, Gerd Knorr wrote: > Neverless this works fine in the non-hotplugging modular driver case, > i.e. it can be used to fix that particular bt878 card issue. Might also > be useful for testing ressource allocation error paths of PCI drivers. Up until 2.4.20pre6 they are broken in the PCI core. IDE found that one out. The reserve module is an interesting approach though. I had been pondering doing a rename module for some similar purposes but completely missed that one. BTW we have pci_request_resource stuff that would shrink your module a fair bit - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/