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Message-ID: <20080213174711.GB22274@rhun.haifa.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:47:11 +0200
From: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc: jdmason@...zu.us, bzolnier@...il.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
discuss@...-64.org
Subject: Re: pci_get_device_reverse(), why does Calgary need this?
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 09:32:03AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> Is there some reason you aren't using the "real" PCI driver api here
> and registering a pci driver for these devices? That would take the
> whole "loop over all pci devices" logic out of the code entirely.
I recall we had a reason, but I no longer recall what it was. Some
reason the "real" PCI driver API didn't fit at the time. If someone
were to whip up a working patch, I'd happily apply it.
> > Feel free to nuke it and walk the list forward.
>
> So something like the patch below would be fine?
Yep, looks good.
Acked-by: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
Cheers,
Muli
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