Re: [BUG] HVR-1500 Hot swap causes lockup

[mkrufky@linuxtv.org]

Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:40:24AM -0400, Michael Krufky wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Jon Lowe <jonlowe@aol.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> While not exactly the same, this bug MAY be related to my hot swap
poblem:
>>>
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/12519
>>>       
>> No relation.  Also, we're in 2.6.26 development, most 2.6.15 bugs are
>> entirely irrelevant.
>>
>> The problem is PCIe hotplugging  -- it doesn't work in Linux, at
>> least, not with Expresscards.  This issue is not specific to the
>> HVR1500 -- you'll see it on other similar Expresscards as well.
>>     
>
> Huh?  We had expresscard hotplugging working in Linux before any other
> operating system ever did.  It works for me just fine here on many
> machines, and does so for many thousands of users.
>
>   
>> I can only get the HVR1500 / HVR1500Q / HVR1400 to come up properly if
>> it is installed in the system when I boot up the PC.  Inserting it
>> after boot does absolutely nothing, and removing it after you booted
>> the system with it installed will leave the system unstable.
>>     
>
> Have you actually loaded the pci hotplug controller driver that is
> needed to get hotplugging of express cards to work properly?  :)
Now I am very glad that I cc'd you.

I'll google a bit to find the name of the "pci hotplug controller 
driver" module, then give this a try.

Hopefully the solution is this simple.

Thanks Greg!


Regards,

Mike

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