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SubjectRe: [Pcihpd-discuss] Re: Is there a user space pci rescan method?
On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 02:16:09PM +0200, Jan Dittmer wrote:
> My point was, I load dummyphp with showunused=0 and only get dirs for the
> slots with devices in them. Now I decide to put a network card (or whatever
> I have to spare) in an empty slot, hope that the system doesn't reboot
> immediately, and voila I don't have any /sys/bus/pci/slots dir to enable
> the slot and have to reboot nevertheless. Or does the pci system a rescan
> if I reinsert the module?

That is DANGEROUS and WILL DESTROY YOUR SYSTEM. Under no circumstances
should we be encouraging people to do that.

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himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep
he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
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