Re: PCI Issues

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2009/9/15 Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 09:19:52AM +0800, Pei Lin wrote:
>> 2009/9/15 Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 05:12:11PM +0300, Mena Soliko wrote:
>> >> Hello,
>> >> 1. Can several drivers can handle the same PCI device?
>> >
>> > Officially, No.  Unofficially, there are ways to do this, but you have
>> > to be _very_ careful.
>> >
>> > What type of PCI device do you want to control?  Is there already a
>> > driver bound to it?
>> >
>> >> 2. How can I know which driver currently handles my PCI devices? (lsmod show
>> >> few drivers that can show a few candidate but I want to know the actual
>> >> driver that register to that PCI).
>> >
>> > lspci -k
>> >
>> hi, grep,
>
> The name is "Greg" :)
>

Oh~ sorry, maybe these days i type too much command "grep". LOL ,^_^.

>> what is your lspci's version? and in my fc8 ,lspci version
>> is 2.2.6 which has no parameter about -k.
>
> fc8 is very old, please use a newer version.  I'm running 3.1.4 here.
>
>> So lspci just can tell me a not very clear info about pci device if
>> there is no device driver attach it.
>
> Not true, use a newer lspci version.
>
> Or just use the proper symlink in sysfs, it will tell you if a driver is
> bound to a device, which is what lspci uses.
ok, that is very useful for me. Thanks a lot.

BRs

Lin

>
> good luck,
>
> greg k-h
>

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