----- "Sharyathi Nagesh" <sharyath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Dave > As you may be aware dev -p command post linux kernel 2.6.25 fails with > "no PCI devices found on this system.". When I went through the kernel > a specific commit has removed pci_devices variable from the kernel code > > ================================================================== > git commit: 5ff580c10ec06fd296bd23d4570c1a95194094a0 > by Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> > > > This is what he says in the commit > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This patch finally removes the global list of PCI devices. We are > relying entirely on the list held in the driver core now, and do not > need a separate "shadow" list as no one uses it. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ================================================================== > > I saw some of your earlier postings where you have specifically mentioned about this problem: > http://www.mail-archive.com/crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx/msg00346.html > > > With this I wanted to know, if you intend to keep dev -p behavior as it is now or > there is any plan to change it to display actual values? > > Thank You > Sharyathi N I (personally) have no plans to change it. If I remember correctly, Bud Brown came up with an alternate scheme, but the imported data from the kernel proper required to accomplish it was enormous (bordering on absurd), so I suggested that it would be more appropriate as an extension module. Bud -- feel free to chime in here... ;-) For that matter, even the "old" way required the import of ~1000 lines of kernel #define's -- which always bugged me -- and was pretty much the only crash command that had to do such a thing. Dave -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
