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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-04-01 09:47:12 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-04-01 09:47:12 -0700 |
commit | e76e5b2c663ac74ae6a542ac20795c625e36a5cd (patch) | |
tree | 2e7271be1f3a26832f4b121839fc4044fbbf27a6 /Documentation/filesystems | |
parent | 32527bc0e4b4fa7711ad1c923cf64ae72a7ffd9d (diff) | |
parent | eeafda70bf2807544e96fa4e52b2433cd470ff46 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6
* 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (88 commits)
PCI: fix HT MSI mapping fix
PCI: don't enable too much HT MSI mapping
x86/PCI: make pci=lastbus=255 work when acpi is on
PCI: save and restore PCIe 2.0 registers
PCI: update fakephp for bus_id removal
PCI: fix kernel oops on bridge removal
PCI: fix conflict between SR-IOV and config space sizing
powerpc/PCI: include pci.h in powerpc MSI implementation
PCI Hotplug: schedule fakephp for feature removal
PCI Hotplug: rename legacy_fakephp to fakephp
PCI Hotplug: restore fakephp interface with complete reimplementation
PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescan
PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../remove
PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/rescan
PCI: Introduce pci_rescan_bus()
PCI: do not enable bridges more than once
PCI: do not initialize bridges more than once
PCI: always scan child buses
PCI: pci_scan_slot() returns newly found devices
PCI: don't scan existing devices
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Fix trivial append-only conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt index 9f8740ca3f3b..26e4b8bc53ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ that support it. For example, a given bus might look like this: | |-- enable | |-- irq | |-- local_cpus + | |-- remove | |-- resource | |-- resource0 | |-- resource1 @@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ files, each with their own function. enable Whether the device is enabled (ascii, rw) irq IRQ number (ascii, ro) local_cpus nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro) + remove remove device from kernel's list (ascii, wo) resource PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro) resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap) resource0_wc..N_wc PCI WC map resource N, if prefetchable (binary, mmap) @@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ files, each with their own function. ro - read only file rw - file is readable and writable + wo - write only file mmap - file is mmapable ascii - file contains ascii text binary - file contains binary data @@ -73,6 +76,13 @@ that the device must be enabled for a rom read to return data succesfully. In the event a driver is not bound to the device, it can be enabled using the 'enable' file, documented above. +The 'remove' file is used to remove the PCI device, by writing a non-zero +integer to the file. This does not involve any kind of hot-plug functionality, +e.g. powering off the device. The device is removed from the kernel's list of +PCI devices, the sysfs directory for it is removed, and the device will be +removed from any drivers attached to it. Removal of PCI root buses is +disallowed. + Accessing legacy resources through sysfs ---------------------------------------- |