Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:04:00 -0700
From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
       Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>, kristen.c.accardi@intel.com,
       lenb@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
       pcihpd-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Physical PCI slot objects
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 02:56:05PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> Why not just use the code in the linux firmware kit that does this
> already today from userspace (thanks to Kristen for pointing this out to
> me on irc.)?

So then we have something that works on ACPI-based machines.  Who will
add support for all the other kinds of firmware and non-firmware based
slots?

-- 
Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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