From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:22:14 +0000 Subject: Re: PCIe Hotplugging not working Message-Id: <20111129142214.GC14845@kroah.com> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Anand Kanaginhal Cc: Linux PCI mailing , linux kernel mailing , linux hotplug mailing On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 03:56:12AM -0800, Anand Kanaginhal wrote: >=20 >=20 > I am trying to get PCIe endpoint hot - plugging working >=20 > The Set up is such that there is one endpoint (our custom device) connect= ed to PCI=A0 switch PLX 8609 8 port 8 lane switch.=20 > 1. I have my driver module compiled, copied into /lib/modules/`uname -r`/= kernel/drivers/char/ Why is a pci driver a "char" driver? Do you have a pointer to the source of this? > 2. I run depmod and "modules.pcimap" also got updated with my module.=20 >=20 > However > if I unplug and plug in the endpoint, my driver .probe and .remove funct= ions > are not being invoked. Is there something more to be done at the bus=20 > level to get the driver to hot plug ? You need a pci hotplug controller driver, is that loaded? That is what is responsible for eventually calling your remove function. > I have tried various kernel version, Currently I am trying on 2.6.38.12 (= UBUNTU flavor). We can't help you with distro-specific kernels, please use a kernel.org kernel and we will be glad to help you out. greg k-h