Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268722AbUIXNJ5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:09:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268720AbUIXNJ4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:09:56 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:16616 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268734AbUIXNJh (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:09:37 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:09:35 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Jan Dittmer Cc: Rolf Eike Beer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH , Hotplug List Subject: Re: [Pcihpd-discuss] Re: Is there a user space pci rescan method? Message-ID: <20040924130935.GB16153@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <200409241241.19654@bilbo.math.uni-mannheim.de> <4154083B.6040109@ppp0.net> <200409241412.45204@bilbo.math.uni-mannheim.de> <41541009.9080206@ppp0.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41541009.9080206@ppp0.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1257 Lines: 23 On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 02:16:09PM +0200, Jan Dittmer wrote: > My point was, I load dummyphp with showunused=0 and only get dirs for the > slots with devices in them. Now I decide to put a network card (or whatever > I have to spare) in an empty slot, hope that the system doesn't reboot > immediately, and voila I don't have any /sys/bus/pci/slots dir to enable > the slot and have to reboot nevertheless. Or does the pci system a rescan > if I reinsert the module? That is DANGEROUS and WILL DESTROY YOUR SYSTEM. Under no circumstances should we be encouraging people to do that. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain - 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/