linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] PNP cleanups - Unify the pnp macros to access resources in the pnp resource table

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Message-ID: <20071120123102.03bdaa67@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:31:02 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	trenn@...e.de
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	"Li, Shaohua" <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	"yakui.zhao" <yakui.zhao@...el.com>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] PNP cleanups - Unify the pnp macros to access
 resources in the pnp resource table

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:51:23 +0100
Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de> wrote:

> Unify the pnp macros to access resources in the pnp resource table

NAK

> port, mem, dma and irq resource macros are now all used in the same
> way. This is the basis (or makes it at least easier) for changing how
> the resources are allocated for memory optimizations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>

I really don't like this change.

_start implies an _end and an _len. IRQs have none of those features, nor
are they ranges.

Alan
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