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From: Dan Noe <dpn@isomerica.net>
Subject: Re: [regression] e1000e broke e1000
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:12:29 -0400
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Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> It's almost trivial to add new string attributes to sysfs.  We could
> have a file, say, /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:07:03.0/broken which
> lspci could read to see if anything's left a message for us.
> 
> Is that the kind of thing you had in mind?

I would consider this a worthwhile addition to the kernel (and lspci). 
It would be nice if lspci could display what driver had claimed a 
particular device, and which devices were unclaimed by any driver or 
otherwise had an error that prevented initialization.

I don't have enough experience to gauge how invasive this would be, but 
I'd be happy to contribute towards it if practical.

Cheers,
Dan

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