Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:09:18 -0700 (PDT) | From | Paul Ionescu <> | Subject | Re: [ACPI] Re: [patch 0/2] acpiphp: hotplug adapters with bridges on them |
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--- Kristen Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 14:29 +0300, Paul Ionescu wrote: > > On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:45:45 -0700, Kristen Accardi wrote: > > > > > These 2 patches will allow adapters with p2p bridges on them to be > > > successfully hotplugged using the acpiphp driver. Currently, if you > > > attempt to hotplug an adapter with a p2p bridge on it, the operation will > > > fail because resources are not allocated to it properly. These patches > > > have had very limited testing as I only have one machine and one type of > > > adapter to test this with. I tested this with 2.6.14-rc2, but the patch > > > applies fine to rc3 as well. > > > > Is this patch supposed to allow me to hot-plug/hot-eject my laptop in its > > docking station ? > > > Hi Paul, > Actually, I did this patch as part of the work I'm doing to enable > docking station support. It is necessary for docking station, however, > it isn't the only thing that is needed to get docking station to work. > The docking station patch is in progress still - and will hopefully be > ready for testing soon. > > Kristen
Hi Kristen,
Thanks for the info. Just let me know when your docking station support patch is ready, and maybe I can help with testing.
Regards, Paul
> > > I have an IBM T41 and a docking station with extra IDE/PCI/PCMCIA bus-es on it. > > I've tried for a long time to make them work hot, but till now, I could > > not make them work. > > I can only use the docking station if I boot in it. > > > > Thanks, > > Paul
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