Re: [PATCH pci] PCI: don't skip probing entire device if first fn OF node has status = "disabled"

Vladimir Oltean
2023-05-31T16:58:27Z

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 11:56:02AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 02:15:09AM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 05:27:24PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > Ah, you're right, sorry I missed that. Dispensing with the SERDES
> > > details would make this more obvious.
> >
> > Lesson learned. When I had just gotten out of college, every time I asked
> > the coworkers in my company what they're up to, I was amazed by them just
> > proceeding to tell me all the nitty gritty details of what they're doing
> > and debugging, like I was supposed to understand or care for that matter.
> > "Dude, can't you just paint the high level idea without using dorky words?"
> > Now I'm one of them...
>
> Haha :) Communication is the hardest part!

I know...

> What bad things happen without this patch?

It's in the commit title: probing the entire device (PCI device!!!) is
skipped if function 0 has status = "disabled". Aka PCIe functions 1, 2, 3, 4, ...