Re: [ACPI] Re: [patch 0/2] acpiphp: hotplug adapters with bridges on them

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--- Kristen Accardi <[email protected]> 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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