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On 12-04-18 09:57 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
..
> looks your BIOS does not support acpiphp.
> 
> Maybe you have to stay with
> 
> echo 1  > .../pcie_link_disable
> echo 0  > .../pcie_link_disable
> 
> after removal every time.


Did it work with earlier kernels?
If so, then that's breakage, and requiring random users
to discover mysterious incantations to keep their hardware
working after a kernel upgrade is totally unacceptable.