netdev - Re: [PATCH] Change request_irq() to use struct net

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Date:	Sat, 27 Jul 2013 19:13:30 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Prashant Shah <pshah.mumbai@...il.com>
CC:	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	whiteheadm@....org, Ryan Mallon <rmallon@...il.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	mwhitehe@...hat.com, kernel-mentors@...enic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change request_irq() to use struct net_device *dev->name

On 27-07-2013 12:58, Prashant Shah wrote:

>>>     It's also called managed device API. In fact, I've never heard it
>>> named devres API.

> If I understood it correctly it has to just calls
> devm_request_region() with the struct device pointer and there are no
> deallocation functions to call ? It manages deallocation on it own.

    Yes.

> Regards.

WBR, Sergei

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