linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] gpu: nova-core: vbios: simplify device use

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Message-ID: <fc15c557-623b-40b5-8254-53888c847da6@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 12:37:37 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
 Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] gpu: nova-core: vbios: simplify device use

On 8/8/25 4:46 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> This small cleanup series simplifies the use of `Device` in vbios
> methods.
> 
> The device is used for logging purposes only; thus we don't need a
> pci::Device, neither do we need it to be bound. This latter property
> allows us to store an `ARef` to it into structures that require logging
> instead of having all their methods take an extra `dev` argument.
> Removing this argument streamlines the code a bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>