linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/21] Staging: hv: Make vmbus driver a platform pci driver

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Message-ID: <20110314193452.GB18944@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:34:52 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Mike Sterling <mike.sterling@...rosoft.com>,
	Abhishek Kane <v-abkane@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/21] Staging: hv: Make vmbus driver a platform pci
 driver

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 02:08:32PM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> Make vmbus driver a platform pci driver. This is
> in preparation to cleaning up irq allocation for this
> driver.

Now wouldn't this be the "root" device that everything else hangs off
of? 

> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Sterling <mike.sterling@...rosoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Kane <v-abkane@...rosoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c |   63 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> index 8b9394a..e4855ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
>  
>  static struct device *root_dev; /* Root device */
>  
> +struct pci_dev *hv_pci_dev;

Why do you have 2 different devices here?  Is the root_dev still needed
now?

Still confused,

greg k-h
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