linux-kernel - Re: Proposal to move PCI out of arch/powerpc and into drivers/of

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:44:25 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	John Linn <John.Linn@...inx.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree-discuss@...abs.org>,
	<linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>, <microblaze-uclinux@...e.uq.edu.au>,
	<grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	"John Williams" <john.williams@...alogix.com>,
	<michal.simek@...alogix.com>, <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: Proposal to move PCI out of arch/powerpc and into drivers/of

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:07:59 -0700
John Linn <John.Linn@...inx.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> We are in the process of putting PCI/PCIe into the microblaze
> architecture.  
> 
> In order to not duplicate/fork the PCI code in Powerpc, we're
> proposing to move the PCI code from arch/powerpc into drivers/of such
> that it would be common code for Powerpc and MicroBlaze.
> 
> This would be the 1st part of a refactoring that would occur with the
> PCI code.
> 
> Ben H., would you mind if that happened (move arch/powerpc/kernel/pci*
> to drivers/of/*)?

Dave and Ben have been talking about this for awhile; seems like a good
excuse to do it.  IIRC they had even thought about just dumping the
code directly into drivers/pci so that API updates won't get missed...

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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