Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267595AbUIVUmp (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:42:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267651AbUIVUmo (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:42:44 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:25472 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267595AbUIVUmd (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:42:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:42:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Dave Aubin cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is there a user space pci rescan method? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1004 Lines: 29 On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Dave Aubin wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a user space or perhaps simple kernel module way to > rescan the pci bus? I currently have a user mode program modify > the pci bus, but I can not push the user mode program to the > bios for reasons I can't get in to. > Currently I use this user mode program, then do a big hammer > approach of a reboot to get the kernel to see the pci device. Is there > a nicer way of doing this? Can someone kindly educate me. > > Huge Thanks, > Dave:) > - Did you try `setpci` and `lspci`? You can sometimes get things working without resorting to a boot. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.26 on an i686 machine (5570.56 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction. - 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/