Re: PCI probe, please CC hamilton@sedsystems.ca

[Kendrick Hamilton <hamilton@sedsystems.ca>]

Greg,
    We don't have a hardware address to use. What I am looking for is a 
way to tie it to the slot number. Is there any way of getting the slot 
number?
Kendrick

PS. I just subscribed to the linux kernel mailing list so I don't need 
the CC hamilton@sedsystems.ca anymore.


Greg KH wrote:

>On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 04:58:39PM -0600, Kendrick Hamilton wrote:
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>>Hello,
>>   we are using the Linux 2.2.16 kernel (some of the code we purchased 
>>does not work with 2.4.x kernels and we would have to do a lot of 
>>regression testing to upgrade) on an IBM e-server. We wrote a module for 
>>a modulator card we are using. The code uses pci_find_device to find the 
>>modulator cards. The problem we are having is that it finds the cards in 
>>different orders. One time hss0 is the card in slot 4 and hss1 is the 
>>card in slot5. The next time we power up the computer, hss0 is the card 
>>in slot5 and hss1 is the card in slot 4.
>>   The IBM e-server has about 5 PCI bridges.
>>   Do you have any suggestion as to how I might be able to ensure the 
>>cards are always detected in the same order? Our system requires that 
>>they always be in the same order.
>>    
>>
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>Are the pci device ids different across different boots?  If not, is
>there any way you can tie a specific device to a specific interface
>(unique hardware addresses, mac addresses, etc.)?
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h
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