linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add option to passively listen for PCIE hotplug events

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Message-ID: <20081103223026.GA9118@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Mon, 3 Nov 2008 22:30:26 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, kristen.c.accardi@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add option to passively listen for PCIE hotplug events

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 02:23:46PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

> However, what worries me a bit is how our users are to understand
> whether they need to use this option, how to use it, etc.  Does it
> require too much knowledge of PCIE internals to be very useful?  Is
> there any way in which we can make it more user-friendly?

I'd lean towards this being the default behaviour in the long run, but 
right now there's not a great deal of understanding of what the failure 
cases may be. We're planning to give it a go in Fedora and see what the 
feedback from that is.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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