[PATCH] xserver: Unclaim PCI slot if driver probing fails.

[Matthias Hopf]

This time with the patch actually attached...

On Jul 01, 09 15:38:41 +0200, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> At SUSE we try to use fbdev if possible, so if we cannot use a native
> driver we want to use the fbdev driver, and fail back to vesa if fbdev
> fails (e.g. if the mode on the kernel parameter line failed to set).
> 
> This doesn't work with the current xserver, after the first driver has
> been probed, the pci slot remains claimed. Apparently this was never
> thought to be an issue, because functions for unclaiming pci slots are
> missing.
> 
> This patch unclaims a pci slot by setting its bus type to BUS_NONE, so
> it doesn't match any more. I don't remove the allocation slot at the
> moment, because I'm unsure that there are no references left (and this
> is unlikely to be a regularly called function).
> 
> This fixes Novell bug #511529.
> 
> Thoughts?

Matthias, whistling

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