Re: PCI Issues

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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" :)

> 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.

good luck,

greg k-h

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