linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/17] pci: Add generic pcibios_{fixup_bus,align

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Date:   Wed, 7 Jun 2017 10:01:57 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, albert@...ive.com,
        patches@...ups.riscv.org, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/17] pci: Add generic pcibios_{fixup_bus,align_resource}

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> CC pci folks
>
> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 12:59 AM, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com> wrote:
>> While upstreaming the RISC-V port, it was pointed out that multiple
>> architectures (arc, arm64, cris, microblaze, sh, tile) have copied the
>> mostly empty versions of at least one of these functions.  This defines
>> weakly bound versions of the common functions so other architetures can
>> use them.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>

Thanks a lot for taking care of this!

>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/bios.c b/drivers/pci/bios.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..ffe34c024aa8
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/bios.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
>> +
>> +/* This file contains weakly bound functions that implement pcibios functions
>> + * that some architectures have copied verbatim.
>> + */

Instead of adding a new file, I would suggest adding the two functions next
to their callers, in probe.c and setup-res.c, respectively.

        Arnd