linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [RFC] PCI: Change all drivers to use pci

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:19:44 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	gregkh@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [RFC] PCI: Change all drivers to use
	pci_device->revision

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 03:46:36PM -0700, Auke Kok wrote:
 > Instead of all drivers reading pci config space to get the revision
 > ID, they can now use the pci_device->revision member.
 > 
 > This exposes some issues where drivers where reading a word or a dword
 > for the revision number, and adding useless error-handling around the
 > read. Some drivers even just read it for no purpose of all.
 > 
 > In devices where the revision ID is being copied over and used in what
 > appears to be the equivalent of hotpath, I have left the copy code
 > and the cached copy as not to influence the driver's performance.
 > 
 > Compile tested with make all{yes,mod}config on x86_64 and i386.
 > 
 > Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>

ACKed-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
for the cpufreq bits.

	Dave

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