I just sent out a series of acpi based root bridge hot-add patches. I realized that I didn't send the explanation to all the mailing lists, sorry.
Rajesh ----- Forwarded message from Rajesh Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:38:57 -0800 > From: Rajesh Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RFC/Patch 0/12] ACPI based root bridge hot-add > > Here is a series of patches to support ACPI hot-add of a root > bridge hierarchy. The added hierarchy may contain other p2p > bridges and end/leaf I/O devices too. The root bridge itself is > assumed to have been assigned resource ranges, but the p2p > bridges and end devices are not required to be initialized by > firmware. Most of the code changes are to make the existing code > flows suitable for such a hierarchy of bridges & devices. > > This code supports hot-add on ia64 only for now.It does not yet > support I/O APIC hot-add, which is needed to make this fully > functional. The patches are against 2.6.11-mm4 (plus the patch > needed for ia64 to boot). I've tested to make sure this does not > break end/leaf device hotplug on the hotplug capable ia64 box I have. > > Thanks, > Rajesh ----- End forwarded message ----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
