Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:19:54 -0700 | From | Gary Hade <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] PCI: create device, function symlinks in /sys/bus/pci/slots/N/ |
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:21:00PM -0600, Alex Chiang wrote: > Create convenience symlinks in sysfs, linking slots to devices > and functions, and vice versa. These links make it easier for > users to figure out which devices actually live in what slots.
This looks it would be quite useful but the symlinks are not adjusted during hot-add and hot-remove operations (e.g. stale symlinks persist after hot-remove and new symlinks are not created in response to hot-add) so it could confuse more than help on systems with PCI hotplug support.
Gary
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