linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] net: stmmac: add support for Intel Quark X1000

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Message-Id: <20140912.181423.1831537443587796533.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:14:23 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hock.leong.kweh@...el.com
Cc:	peppe.cavallaro@...com, rayagond@...avyalabs.com,
	vbridgers2013@...il.com, srinivas.kandagatla@...com, wens@...e.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	boon.leong.ong@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] net: stmmac: add support for Intel Quark X1000

From: Kweh Hock Leong <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:38:39 +0800

> +		if ((!strcmp(quark_x1000_phy_info[i].board_name, board_name)) &&
> +		    quark_x1000_phy_info[i].pci_func_num == func_num)

It is entirely erroneous to identify a device by it's _PHYSICAL_ geographic
location on the PCI bus.

Please get rid of this PCI function number comparison and if necessary
find another means of identification.
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