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SubjectRe: [Pcihpd-discuss] [patch 2/4] acpiphp: handle dock bridges
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On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 12:24 +0900, MUNEDA Takahiro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:56:59 -0800,
> Kristen Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > @@ -681,6 +713,88 @@ static int acpiphp_configure_ioapics(acp
> (snip)
> > +static int acpiphp_bus_add(struct acpiphp_func *func)
> > +{
> > + acpi_handle phandle;
> > + struct acpi_device *device, *pdevice;
> > + int ret_val;
> > +
> > + acpi_get_parent(func->handle, &phandle);
> > + if (acpi_bus_get_device(phandle, &pdevice)) {
> > + dbg("no parent device, assuming NULL\n");
> > + pdevice = NULL;
> > + }
> > + ret_val = acpi_bus_add(&device, pdevice, func->handle,
> > + ACPI_BUS_TYPE_DEVICE);
> > + if (ret_val)
> > + dbg("cannot add bridge to acpi list\n");
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * try to start anyway. We could have failed to add
> > + * simply because this bus had previously been added
> > + * on another dock. Don't bother with the return value
> > + * we just keep going.
> > + */
> > + ret_val = acpi_bus_start(device);
> > +
> > + return ret_val;
> > +}
> > +
> > +
> > +
>
> When the device is docked, acpi_bus_add() is called to register
> the device into acpi list. But if the device is undocked,
> acpi_bus_trim() doesn't called.
> Can you hot-add/remove the dock station repeatedly?
>
> Thanks,
> MUNE
>

Yes you can. The reason for this is because even if we fail the call to
acpi_bus_add(), we ignore the return value and call acpi_bus_start()
anyway.

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