Re: [PATCH] Char: isicom, enable/disable pci device

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Fri Jul 11 2008 - 10:29:04 EST


On 07/11/2008 01:35 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:20:12 +0200 Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
--- a/drivers/char/isicom.c
+++ b/drivers/char/isicom.c
@@ -1736,6 +1736,12 @@ static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
if (card_count >= BOARD_COUNT)
goto err;
+ retval = pci_enable_device(pdev);
+ if (retval) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to enable\n");
+ goto err;
+ }
+
[...]
hm. Is this a recently-added problem?

It disappeared in 2.6.16 (9ac0948): char/isicom: Pci probing added (by me).

I wonder what the chance is that this will fix something. Or break
something.

This is what pci documentation says:
<cite>
3.1 Enable the PCI device
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Before touching any device registers, the driver needs to enable
the PCI device by calling pci_enable_device(). This will:
o wake up the device if it was in suspended state,
o allocate I/O and memory regions of the device (if BIOS did not),
o allocate an IRQ (if BIOS did not).
</cite>
Maybe Jesse can tell us more on what effect might have device enable omitting?
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