linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 18/34] cxl/port: Remove "enumerate dports" helpers

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Message-ID: <6969ad5ca55f6_34d2a1009e@dwillia2-mobl4.notmuch>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:15:40 -0800
From: <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>, Terry Bowman
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 18/34] cxl/port: Remove "enumerate dports" helpers

Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:20:39 -0600
> Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> > 
> > Now that cxl_switch_port_probe() no longer walks potential dports, because
> > they are enumerated dynamically on descendant endpoint arrival, remove the
> > dead code.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@....com>
> 
> Patch description doesn't match patch. 

Yeah, something got frobbed from the reference patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cxl/cxl.git/commit/?id=ac97e6edd792