Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:19:05 +0100 | From | Michal Marek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pciehp: Add pciehp_surprise module option |
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On 27.3.2013 17:11, Oliver Neukum wrote: > On Friday 22 March 2013 10:20:43 Alex Williamson wrote: > >>> (*) It would probably make more sense to have a list of dmi strings, >>> because it's the PCIe controller that does not set the capability bit >>> when it should. The device (Realtek card reader in this case) seems to >>> behave correctly. The machines in question have been laptops or >>> all-in-one PCs so far, so there should be no problem with dmi matches. >> >> Yep, I think that makes sense, leave the global option for debugging but >> fix individual known broken devices through dmi quirks. Thanks, > > I checked with Win8 and it does ignore the surprise attribute.
I.e., the device hotplugs / hotremoves even in a pristine Win8 install that does not include any driver for the device.
Michal
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