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authorAlex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>2009-03-20 14:56:41 -0600
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PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescan
This interface allows the user to force a rescan of the device's parent bus and all subordinate buses, and rediscover devices removed earlier from this part of the device tree. Cc: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org> Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
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@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ Description:
hot-remove the PCI device and any of its children.
Depends on CONFIG_HOTPLUG.
+What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescan
+Date: January 2009
+Contact: Linux PCI developers <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:
+ Writing a non-zero value to this attribute will
+ force a rescan of the device's parent bus and all
+ child buses, and re-discover devices removed earlier
+ from this part of the device tree.
+ Depends on CONFIG_HOTPLUG.
+
What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../vpd
Date: February 2008
Contact: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
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