linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/22] PCI: Iterate pci host bridge instead of pci root bus

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Message-ID: <3459136.QID0qrXQHt@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:05:14 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@...il.com>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>,
	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/22] PCI: Iterate pci host bridge instead of pci root bus

On Wednesday, February 06, 2013 01:53:50 PM Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, February 06, 2013 01:28:27 PM Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >> so you still did not answer you want 1 or 2 yet:
> >>
> >> for sgi_hotplug,
> >>
> >> 1. still keep the module support, and register acpi_pci_driver later.
> >> 2. built-in support only, and need to register acpi_pci_driver early.
> >
> > Please work with the assumption that acpi_pci_driver is not going to be there
> > any more.
> >
> 
> I think I could change ioapic and iommu hotplug to weak add/remove because they
> should be built-in by nature.
> 
> but how about others like sgi_hotplug etc?

I'd really prefer to wait for the patchset removing acpi_pci_driver (from
Myron) before proceeding with more changes in that area.

Myron, do you have a prototype based on the current linux-next?

Rafael


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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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