On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 16:01 +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 12:16:06PM -0700, Kristen Accardi wrote: > > For systems with multiple hotplug controllers, you need to use more than > > just the slot number to uniquely name the slot. Without a unique slot > > name, the pci_hp_register() will fail. This patch adds the bus number > > to the name. > > That doesn't make much sense. The slot number should at least be unique > to the chassis, if not to the whole machine. HP's large machines with > multiple cabinets encode the cabinet number in the return from _SUN. > It ends up as something like 80103 for a large machine while still being > merely slot 3 for the smaller machines. > > IOW, I think this is a firmware bug which needs to be fixed there. >
Just wanted to let you know that I'm not ignoring your comment :). I'm checking now to see if the firmware is required to make the slot number unique across all controllers. I also am expecting a hardware/firmware update for the machine that exhibited this behavior, and so will retest when I get it and let you know. although, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to trust the BIOS to do this properly even if it's required. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/