On Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:39 pm Pierre Ossman wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:38:32 +0900 > > Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Pierre, > > (Added linux-pci to CC) > > > > Pierre Ossman wrote: > > > Somewhere post 2.6.26, pciehp started whining about not being able to > > > claim the slot and error code -17. It suggested adding > > > "pciehp_slot_with_bus", which actually helped. Still, having a kernel > > > parameter should just be a temporary fix. > > > > The "pciehp_slot_with_bus" option is a workaround for the platforms > > that assign the same physical slot number to multiple slots. If your > > system has PCI chassis and it supports Chassis Number registers, > > maybe one of the solution is using chassis number + slot number as a > > slot name. But I don't have any idea other than "pciehp_slot_with_bus" > > if your system doesn't support chassis number. > > The what now? :) > > This is a laptop with a single expressport that worked fine up until > this merge window. What changed and why is it no longer possible to > support this hardware without a kernel parameter? Yeah we're being a bit more careful about registering hotplug slots these days. The fact that you got a conflict message indicates that more than one driver is trying to bind to that PCIe port and handle hotplug for it. I guess acpiphp must already be loaded? Jesse -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html