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/sys/bus/pci/devices/<B:D:F:>/rescan file missing on Ubuntu Kernel 5.4.14.050414-generic


On my ubuntu I am missing rescan files under /sys/bus/pci/devices/<B:D:F:>/ Does anyone know how to restore them? Can I simply copy them from /sys/bus/pci/rescan ?

  1. Ubuntu : 16.04.6 LTS
  2. Kernel: 5.4.14.050414-generic
  3. NVMe driver version: 1.0

Solution

  • In Kernel 5.4 and later:

    This caused application breakage and there is a proposed patch to revert the behaviour