linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] add wrapper msi allocation API and export msi functions

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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:21:04 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@....com>
Cc: maz@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, jgg@...pe.ca,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, git@....com, harpreet.anand@....com,
	pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@....com, nikhil.agarwal@....com,
	michal.simek@....com, abhijit.gangurde@....com,
	srivatsa@...il.mit.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] add wrapper msi allocation API and export msi
 functions

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 02:54:47PM +0530, Nipun Gupta wrote:
> MSI functions can be for allocation and free can be directly
> used by the device drivers without any wrapper provided by
> bus drivers. So export these MSI functions.
> 
> Also, add a wrapper API to allocate MSIs providing only the
> number of IRQ's rather than range for simpler driver usage.

Why is this patch 2/2?  Don't add wrappers that no one uses, otherwise
we will just delete them again :(

thanks,

greg k-h