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Message-ID: <20080819155323.GA18842@ldl.fc.hp.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:53:23 -0600
From: Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: 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/
* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>:
> 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.
>>
>> The device symlink points to the device's first function.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> sapphire:/sys/bus/pci/slots # ls
>> 1 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
>>
>> sapphire:/sys/bus/pci/slots # ls -l 3
>> total 0
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 65536 Aug 18 14:10 address
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 18 14:10 device -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:23/0000:23:01.0
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 18 14:10 function0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:23/0000:23:01.0
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 18 14:10 function1 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:23/0000:23:01.1
>
> What's the point with "device" and "function0"? They appear to be the
> same thing by definition.
Good point, I'll remove 'device'.
Thanks.
/ac
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