Re: [Pcihpd-discuss] what is writing to /sys/bus/pci/slot/<slot_no>/power really supposed to do?

[Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com>]

On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 11:33:54AM -0700, Gary Hade wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:50:07AM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> > On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 10:43:41 -0700
> > Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:08:58AM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I notice in acpiphp that the code path for powering down the slot
> > > > via sysfs does not execute the _EJ0 method, but instead simply
> > > > looks for _PS3 and of couse disables all the bridges and devices.  
> > > > I suppose this could be valid depending on your definition of what 
> > > > /sys/bus/pci/slots/<slot_no>/power should do.
> > > > 
> > > > Is it intended to just power down the adapter that's in the slot, 
> > > > or is it intended to make the adapter in the slot able to be removed?
> > > > If it's intended to make the adapter able to be removed, shouldn't
> > > > we be calling _EJ0?
> > > > 
> > > > As a comparison, in pciehp when the sysfs power file is written,
> > > > we do actually go out and send the commands to the hotplug controller
> > > > to physically power off the slot.
> > > 
> > > Kristen, This sounds a lot like the problem I was trying to address 
> > > with the "fix slot poweroff problem on systems without _PS3" patch 
> > > that I posted in June.
> > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20070604232736.GA3239%40us.ibm.com&forum_name=pcihpd-discuss
> > > It seems to be working fine on our systems.
> > > 
> > > Gary
> > 
> > ok - hum well, I seem to have not merged that patch for some reason, and
> > it also isn't anywhere in my inbox.  Can you resend it?  
> 
> Included below.
> 
> > Seems like we should get it in there.
> > 
> > BTW - people should copy me directly when they send their patches otherwise
> > they may get overlooked. (not that I'm saying this is what happened here,
> > it also happens sometimes that patches get buried in my inbox despite my
> > best efforts).
> 
> In this case, I did send it directly to you with 
> pcihpd-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net on gregkh@suse.de the

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Gary

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