The feedback from the netdev list is that this should be fixed in the
PCI subsystem instead. Attached is a suggested patch against the
current stable kernel source (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch1).
Bjørn
--- linux-source-2.6.18/drivers/pci/pci.c.orig 2006-09-20 05:42:06.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-source-2.6.18/drivers/pci/pci.c 2007-05-10 21:46:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@
int pm, need_restore = 0;
u16 pmcsr, pmc;
+ /* find PCI PM capability in list */
+ pm = pci_find_capability(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_PM);
+
+ /* abort if the device doesn't support PM capabilities */
+ if (!pm)
+ return -EIO;
+
/* bound the state we're entering */
if (state > PCI_D3hot)
state = PCI_D3hot;
@@ -322,13 +329,6 @@
if ((state == PCI_D1 || state == PCI_D2) && pci_no_d1d2(dev))
return 0;
- /* find PCI PM capability in list */
- pm = pci_find_capability(dev, PCI_CAP_ID_PM);
-
- /* abort if the device doesn't support PM capabilities */
- if (!pm)
- return -EIO;
-
pci_read_config_word(dev,pm + PCI_PM_PMC,&pmc);
if ((pmc & PCI_PM_CAP_VER_MASK) > 3) {
printk(KERN_DEBUG
