pci_scan_get_dev() in pci_scan_bus()
Li-Ta Lo
ollie at lanl.gov
Mon Mar 8 11:03:00 CET 2004
On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 16:52, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Li-Ta Lo <ollie at lanl.gov> writes:
>
> > What happen if a device is listed as a static device in the
> > config file but does not actually exist in the physical system ?
>
> The device won't go away. But it can legitimately show up as
> a disabled device in the device tree.
>
> I'm not certain when you would want to report a device statically
> that may or may not be there.
>
That happens for the processor. We list two cpus in current k8 mainboard
config files. But if there is only one cpu install, we will have a lot
of "absent" devices.
Ollie
> Regardless showing up as disabled is effectively gone so it should
> not be a real limitation.
>
> Eric
>
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