Re: [PATCH 5/7] pci hotplug core: add check of duplicate slot name

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On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 21:01 -0600, Alex Chiang wrote:
> 
> Correct, we do *not* need the devfn *before* the slot is added to
> the lpar. We simply need it *during* the hotplug event.
> 
> The code path we're talking about only gets exercised during a
> PHB/slot hotplug addition, so as long as we have the slot's devfn
> at that time, we're good.
> 
> Hope that clarifies.

Slots for us appear as P2P bridges. We don't know the devfn of whatever
will appear on them when they are populated.

Cheers,
Ben.


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