linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v5 4/8] ACPI, PCI: avoid building pci

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:36:17 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>, Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
	Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>,
	Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
	Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 4/8] ACPI, PCI: avoid building pci_slot as module

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 03:14:11PM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> CONFIG_ACPI_PCI_SLOT=y in RHEL6, so evidently they have this problem.

I'm not aware of anyone ever filing any bugs against it, either, though 
Myron would have a better idea. What's the worst case outcome of someone 
ending up with an incorrect slot number?

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