Re: pci hidden behind transparent bridge

From: Robert Hancock
Date: Wed Jul 04 2007 - 01:02:55 EST


Dave Jones wrote:
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 06:00:14PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> Hi,
> > On 02/07/07, Ni@m <niam.niam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi! I noticed such message:
> >
> > "PCI: Bus #07 (-#0a) is hidden behind transparent bridge #06 (-#06)
> > (try 'pci=assign-busses')
> > Please report the result to linux-kernel to fix this permanently"
> >
> > on my
> > Linux niam 2.6.22-rc6-cfs-v18 #6 Mon Jul 2 20:19:25 EEST 2007 i686
> > Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
> >
> > What does it mean??
> > Is this a regressions?

There's about 8 gazillion of these reports that have been in bugzilla
since the dinosaurs roamed the lands. Just ripping the printk out
would be my preference.

Dave

It seems like whoever added the message saying to report this to LKML hasn't responded to these reports. Any patches adding such messages in the future should really include details of what they expect to be done with the reports..

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