linux-kernel - Re: [patch v1] x86/platform/mellanox: introduce support for Mellanox systems platform

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:11:38 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     vadimp@...lanox.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com, davem@...emloft.net, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kvalo@...eaurora.org,
        mchehab@...nel.org, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [patch v1] x86/platform/mellanox: introduce support for Mellanox
 systems platform

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 10:34:27PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > +static int mlxplat_lpc_config(struct mlxplat_priv *priv)
> > +{
> > +	struct pci_dev *pdev = NULL;
> > +	u16 dev_id;
> > +	int err;
> > +
> > +	pdev = pci_get_bus_and_slot(MLXPLAT_CPLD_LPC_CTRL_IFC_BUS_ID,
> > +				PCI_DEVFN(MLXPLAT_CPLD_LPC_CTRL_IFC_SLOT_ID,
> > +				MLXPLAT_CPLD_LPC_CTRL_IFC_FUNC_ID));
> > +
> 
> Kind of unusual way to initialize a PCI device. If this can't be implemented
> as PCI driver, maybe it should be initialized using PCI quirks ?

That's a _very old_ way of writing a pci driver, I thought we had gotten
rid of all of that crud.

This needs to be a "normal" PCI driver, no need for it to be a platform
driver at all from what I can tell.

thanks,

greg k-h