On 21/07/09 06:08PM, Amey Narkhede wrote: > PCI and PCIe devices may support a number of possible reset mechanisms > for example Function Level Reset (FLR) provided via Advanced Feature or > PCIe capabilities, Power Management reset, bus reset, or device specific reset. > Currently the PCI subsystem creates a policy prioritizing these reset methods > which provides neither visibility nor control to userspace. > > Expose the reset methods available per device to userspace, via sysfs > and allow an administrative user or device owner to have ability to > manage per device reset method priorities or exclusions. > This feature aims to allow greater control of a device for use cases > as device assignment, where specific device or platform issues may > interact poorly with a given reset method, and for which device specific > quirks have not been developed. > > Changes in v10: > - Fix build error on ppc as reported by build bot > Aplogies for late response. For some reason I did not get email from test bot. I checked spam folder too. Not sure if gmail messed something up. [...] Amey
