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Message-ID: <20070611151944.GH9174@redhat.com>
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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