Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] ACPI: video: convert to acpi_get_pci_dev

From: Alex Chiang
Date: Fri Jun 26 2009 - 15:28:27 EST


* Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Here's the output from my machine, including ACPI paths (summary of not
> found stuff at the top):
>
> ...
> [ 0.177188] + Adding \_SB_.PCI0.AGP_
> [ 0.177294] pci_bus 0000:00: I'm a little pci_bus, short and stout...
> [ 0.177407] Searching for 0000:00:01.0...not found
> ...
> [ 0.179259] + Adding \_SB_.PCI0.EXP2
> [ 0.179364] pci_bus 0000:00: I'm a little pci_bus, short and stout...
> [ 0.179477] Searching for 0000:00:1c.2...not found
> ...
> [ 0.180128] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.EXP3._PRT]
> [ 0.180200] Starting root bridge search from \_SB_.PCI0.EXP3.EXUP
> [ 0.180310] + Adding \_SB_.PCI0.EXP3.EXUP
> [ 0.180418] + Adding \_SB_.PCI0.EXP3
> [ 0.180523] pci_bus 0000:00: I'm a little pci_bus, short and stout...
> [ 0.180636] Searching for 0000:00:1c.3...found
> [ 0.180787] Searching for 0000:05:00.0...not found
> ...
>
> So looks like one is an express slot, another is the AGP this machine
> lacks, and then there's this 05:00.0; not sure what that is.
>
> At any rate, it does appear we have to take care not to assume
> *everything* in the ACPI tree has an associated PCI dev, since
> namespaces could be shared accross different platforms with just enable
> or present bits to mask them out from the initial PCI scan.

Yup, as per our irc discussion, I'm now a lot more confident that
this was the root cause.

Troy's original patch is correct, just needs an explanation of
_why_. :)

I'll send a patch updating acpi_get_pci_dev() with a comment that
explains the "why".

Thanks everyone.

/ac

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