linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 2/4] PCI: generic: Add support for ARM64 and MSI(x)

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Message-ID: <CAErSpo4DPU6_TO9atpzDbu-X9iddrnBk3QQV4_BcpUCFL4JUdw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:49:14 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
To:	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@....com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"jason@...edaemon.net" <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	"suravee.suthikulpanit@....com" <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/4] PCI: generic: Add support for ARM64 and MSI(x)

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Lorenzo Pieralisi
<lorenzo.pieralisi@....com> wrote:

> ... I wonder what's the
> best course of action. Putting together all the bits and pieces required
> to remove PCI bios dependency from this patch can take a while, I wonder
> whether we should aim for merging this driver (rebased on top of my port to the
> new parse ranges API) with the ARM/ARM64 ifdeffery and clean it up later
> or aim for the whole thing at once, I am just worried it can take us a while.

I haven't looked at your patches, but "the whole thing at once" is
never *my* goal.  A gradual cleanup is just fine with me.

Bjorn
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