pci_scan_get_dev() in pci_scan_bus()

[Li-Ta Lo]

On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 16:52, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Li-Ta Lo <ollie at lanl.gov> writes:
> 
> > What happen if a device is listed as a static device in the
> > config file but does not actually exist in the physical system ?
> 
> The device won't go away.  But it can legitimately show up as
> a disabled device in the device tree.
> 
> I'm not certain when you would want to report a device statically
> that may or may not be there.
> 

That happens for the processor. We list two cpus in current k8 mainboard
config files. But if there is only one cpu install, we will have a lot
of "absent" devices.

Ollie

> Regardless showing up as disabled is effectively gone so it should
> not be a real limitation.
> 
> Eric
>