[linux-pm] Bug in PCI core

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Ar Gwe, 2006-10-13 am 10:29 -0400, ysgrifennodd Alan Stern:
> > I'd like to propose that we have the pci config sysfs interface return
> > -EIO  when it's blocked (e.g. active BIST or D3cold).  This accurately
> > reflects the state of the device to userspace, reduces complexity, and
> > could potentially save some memory per PCI device instance.
> 
> Could you resubmit your old patches and include a corresponding fix for 
> this access problem?

And then you can fix the applications it breaks, like the X server which
does actually want to know where all the devices are located in PCI
space.

Alan


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