linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] ACPI PCI slot detection driver

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Message-ID: <20080301144307.GD24386@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Sat, 1 Mar 2008 07:43:07 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>, Gary Hade <garyhade@...ibm.com>,
	kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com, warthog19@...lescrag.net,
	kristen.c.accardi@...el.com, rick.jones2@...com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] ACPI PCI slot detection driver

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 09:25:42PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> What is the guarantee that the names of these slots are correct and do
> not happen to be the same as the hotpluggable ones?

That would be a bug -- and yes, bugs happen, and we have to deal with
them.

> Why show this information on machines that can not do anything with
> these slots at all?  Will that not just confuse people?

Only for people who think that /sys/bus/pci/slots/ is for hotpluggable
slots only.  There is plenty of useful information available for slots
that aren't hotpluggable (eg bus address, speed, width, error status).

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