linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] Bug in PCI core

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Date:	Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:06:02 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Adam Belay <abelay@....EDU>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	Linux-pm mailing list <linux-pm@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] Bug in PCI core

Ar Gwe, 2006-10-13 am 17:29 +0200, ysgrifennodd Arjan van de Ven:
> > And then you can fix the applications it breaks, like the X server which
> > does actually want to know where all the devices are located in PCI
> > space.
> > 
> 
> .. but which could equally well mmap the resource from sysfs ;)

That doesn't help deal with the location and PCI control side of things
X has to perform and deal with. You also forgot to attach the tested
patch set for the X server and other affected apps.

The cached stuff was put in place precisely because stuff broke

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