linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: remove pci_find_slot from PCI

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Date:	Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:49:01 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
Cc:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: remove pci_find_slot from PCI_LEGACY config
 description

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:

> Commit 3b073eda has removed pci_find_slot, so there's no point in
> mentioning it in the config description as one of the deprecated APIs
> there are enabled by PCI_LEGACY and still used by some drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/Kconfig |    8 ++++----
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
> index fdc864f..48a3ea7 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
> @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ config PCI_LEGACY
>  	default y
>  	help
>  	  Say Y here if you want to include support for the deprecated
> -	  pci_find_slot() and pci_find_device() APIs.  Most drivers have
> -	  been converted over to using the proper hotplug APIs, so this
> -	  option serves to include/exclude only a few drivers that are
> -	  still using this API.
> +	  pci_find_device() API.  Most drivers have been converted over
> +	  to using the proper hotplug APIs, so this option serves to
> +	  include/exclude only a few drivers that are still using this
> +	  API.

While you are at it, how about removing the references in 
Documentation/PCI/pci.txt as well?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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