From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 11:02:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 11:02:45 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust128.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.128]:29939 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 11:02:45 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch 2.5.31] transparent PCI-to-PCI bridges From: Alan Cox To: Ivan Kokshaysky Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Linus Torvalds , Manfred Spraul , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020831144223.A772@localhost.park.msu.ru> References: <20020831015716.B926@jurassic.park.msu.ru> <20020830201958.24112@192.168.4.1> <20020831144223.A772@localhost.park.msu.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-6) Date: 31 Aug 2002 16:06:42 +0100 Message-Id: <1030806402.3490.9.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Related question while we are on the subject of bridges. I'm trying to work out a clean way to initialize a new subtree of devices given a bridge that suddenely has devices behind it. This occurs in three cases I know about now - Easidock cardbus->PCI extender - IBM Thinkpad hot docking bridge - Magma PCI extended split bridge