linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] PCI: Add pci_read

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Message-ID: <20080729014931.GB28989@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:49:31 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	"Zhao, Yu" <yu.zhao@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eric@...olt.net,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] PCI: Add pci_read_base() API

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 09:22:03AM +0800, Zhao, Yu wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> It would be nice if people can have an enhanced pci_update_resource to update non-standard BARs probed by pci_read_base.

Yes, that would be a natural addition to the API.  However, we don't
tend to add APIs until we have a use case for them.  Do you have
anything in the pipeline that could use this feature?  I'm quite happy
to write the code for you if you do.

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