Re: Is there a user space pci rescan method?

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Dave Aubin wrote:

> Hi,
>
>   Is there a user space or perhaps simple kernel module way to
> rescan the pci bus?  I currently have a user mode program modify
> the pci bus, but I can not push the user mode program to the
> bios for reasons I can't get in to.
>   Currently I use this user mode program, then do a big hammer
> approach of a reboot to get the kernel to see the pci device.  Is there
> a nicer way of doing this?  Can someone kindly educate me.
>
> Huge Thanks,
> Dave:)
> -

Did you try `setpci` and `lspci`?
You can sometimes get things working without resorting to a boot.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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            Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.

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