Re: proc fs not populating info of host bridge on 2.6 kernel

[Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 04:50:59PM -0800, Siddharth Taneja wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> >I did try the 2.6.19 kernel and the output from lspci is the same.
> >Information of the buses is still missing. It does look like that this 
> >might
> >be a deliberate  implementation. Do you have any clues?
> >
> 
> Actually I take that back. It does work with the 2.6.19 kernel. I had built
> the wrong kernel.
> 
> I would like to take the fix from the 2.6.19 kernel and patch it to my
> 2.6.17-9 kernel , if that's possible.

Sure, the trick is finding that fix.

I suggest using git and use 'git bisect' to track down the relevant
patch.  See the git documentation for how to do this, it is very simple
to do.

good luck,

greg k-h

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