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From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To:     Jon Derrick <jonathan.derrick@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 0/9] PCIe Hotplug Slot Emulation driver
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On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 04:59:58PM -0700, Jon Derrick wrote:
> This set adds an emulation driver for PCIe Hotplug. There may be platforms with
> specific configurations that can support hotplug but don't provide the logical
> slot hotplug hardware. For instance, the platform may use an
> electrically-tolerant interposer between the slot and the device.

The code seems like one giant hack to me.  What is the real life
use case for this?  Another Intel chipset fuckup like vmd or the ahci
remapping?