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

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Date:	Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:56:09 -0200
From:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
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 Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:49:01PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> 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.

I've hit them. But, on a first fast look, they seemed important
historically. I will take a closer look and point that if it's proper or
remove them entirely as you suggest.

Regards,
Cascardo.

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