On 3 Mar 2003, Matt Domsch wrote:
> /sys
> `-- bus
> `-- pci
> `-- drivers
> `-- 3c59x
> |-- dynamic_id_0 (these are simple DRIVER_ATTRs)
> |-- dynamic_id_1
> |-- dynamic_id_2
> `-- new_id
>
> Where dynamic_id_[012] are new dynamic entries, created by writing
> values into new_id. Both file types would be of the format (analogous
> to pci_show_resources):
> echo "0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000" > new_id
> with fields being vendor, device, subvendor, subdevice, class,
> class_mask.
I dont' think what you actually want is changing the id table - after all,
it's only walked when registering the driver (+ hotplug).
What you really want is a way to call the drivers' probe routine for a
device which isn't in its tables.
So why not simply
echo "0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000" > .../3c59x/probe
It shares one caveat with the approach above, i.e. struct pci_device_id
has a field called "unsigned long driver_data", and as such is really hard
to fill from userspace. I think in the common case it's not used and can
be just set to zero, but if the driver e.g. expects it to point to a
driver-private structure describing the device, you lose.
And you need one more thing, i.e. the ability to load a driver without
hardware being present. E.g. pci_module_init() is supposed to return
-ENODEV when modular and no hardware is found. Actually, it doesn't
anymore, since someone (I think you, Pat ;) broke it.
--Kai
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