Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932493AbVJCSPR (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:15:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932494AbVJCSPQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:15:16 -0400 Received: from fmr24.intel.com ([143.183.121.16]:58332 "EHLO scsfmr004.sc.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932493AbVJCSPO (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:15:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:14:41 -0700 From: Rajesh Shah To: Rajat Jain Cc: acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, pcihpd-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dkumar@noida.hcltech.com, sanjayku@noida.hcltech.com Subject: Re: [Pcihpd-discuss] Re: ACPI problem with PCI Express Native Hot-plug driver Message-ID: <20051003111441.C14857@unix-os.sc.intel.com> Reply-To: Rajesh Shah References: <1125683188.13185.5.camel@whizzy> <20050930132440.C28328@unix-os.sc.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from rajat.noida.india@gmail.com on Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 02:07:26PM +0900 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 957 Lines: 23 On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 02:07:26PM +0900, Rajat Jain wrote: > Thanks for the insight. But my doubt is that the PCI Express devices > down the hot-pluggable slots are working fine. i.e. if we forget about > the hot-plugging / unplugging, the bridges and devices are working > fine, even with ACPI enabled. > > So is the presence of bridges in ACPI namespace required only for > hot-plugging / unplugging and not for normal operation? > Yes, that's correct. The PCI core will correctly scan PCI bridges independent of their presence in the acpi namespace. PS: trimming the cc list a bit, as I'm getting rejects due to too many recipients. pcihp-discuss is the correct list for pciehp related questions. Rajesh - 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/