Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261826AbVEZWGL (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2005 18:06:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261828AbVEZWGL (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2005 18:06:11 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:8919 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261826AbVEZWGC (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2005 18:06:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 15:06:21 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Marty Leisner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CONFIG_HOTPLUG, 2.4.x and ppc Message-ID: <20050526220621.GD19628@kroah.com> References: <20050525042621.GB17299@kroah.com> <200505250523.j4P5N5Xo012122@hp.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505250523.j4P5N5Xo012122@hp.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1308 Lines: 31 On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 01:23:04AM -0400, Marty Leisner wrote: > Its a custom chip with bridge functionality...(its not hotplug, > but the thought was "if hotplug can add a bridge at a later time, > so can an arbitrary module". There's a number of minor problems > in how BRIDGE_OTHER is handled (i.e. the first two bars should > be filled in like any other bridge, but everything else ignored). > > The goal is to add a PCI bus behind the bridge (the bios > and the kernel doesn't know about it). > > So I'm executing the sequence to add a new bus -- which > needs CONFIG_HOTPLUG to export the symbols -- which causes the > problem with PPC in the arch dependent part (it works fine > on intel platforms). > > Looking at the hotplug drivers, it looks like its tied to > intel architectures in places...but adding a PCI bus should be > a PCI thing... Yes it should be a pci thing, but for 2.4, a lot of the codepaths have not been checked to see that they are all proper for a non-intel based system. Your finding is one such proof :) thanks, greg k-h - 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/