Re: attention driver writers...

[David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 07:39:35PM -0500, David Young wrote:
> Please, if you're writing device drivers, or if you're making changes
> that may affect device drivers, get in the habit of testing individual
> drivers' detachment and re-attachment, suspension and resumption, after
> your changes.  There's currently a significant regression in PCI drivers
> that could have been caught with some light testing.

Here is a "how-to".

Detach:

        drvctl -d dev0

Re-attach devices on a PCI bus:

        drvctl -r pci0

Suspend a device and its children:

        drvctl -S dev0

Resume a device and its children:

        drvctl -Q dev0

Dave

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