linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: create device, function symlinks in /sys/bus/pci/slots/N/

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Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:19:54 -0700
From:	Gary Hade <garyhade@...ibm.com>
To:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>, jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org,
	matthew@....cx, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: create device, function symlinks in
	/sys/bus/pci/slots/N/

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:21:00PM -0600, Alex Chiang wrote:
> Create convenience symlinks in sysfs, linking slots to devices
> and functions, and vice versa. These links make it easier for
> users to figure out which devices actually live in what slots.

This looks it would be quite useful but the symlinks are not adjusted
during hot-add and hot-remove operations (e.g. stale symlinks persist
after hot-remove and new symlinks are not created in response to hot-add)
so it could confuse more than help on systems with PCI hotplug support.

Gary

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