linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: vme: add struct vme

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Message-ID: <20110829145727.GC9952@flamenco.cs.columbia.edu>
Date:	Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:57:27 -0400
From:	"Emilio G. Cota" <cota@...ap.org>
To:	Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...n.ch>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, martyn.welch@...com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: vme: add struct vme_dev for VME devices

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:02:49 +0200, Manohar Vanga wrote:
> Instead of using a vanilla 'struct device' for VME devices, add new
> 'struct vme_dev'. Modifications have been made to the VME framework
> API as well as all in-tree VME drivers.
> 
> The new vme_dev structure has the following advantages from the
> current model used by the driver:
> 
>     * Driver functions (probe, remove) now receive a VME device
>       instead of a pointer to the bridge device (cleaner design)
>     * It's easier to differenciate API calls as bridge-based or
>       device-based (ie. cleaner interface).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...n.ch>

Reviewed-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@...ap.org>

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