netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] [02/10] pasemi_mac: Stop using the pci config space accessors for register read/writes

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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:54:23 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] [02/10] pasemi_mac: Stop using the pci config space
 accessors for register read/writes

Olof Johansson wrote:
> Move away from using the pci config access functions for simple register
> access.  Our device has all of the registers in the config space (hey,
> from the hardware point of view it looks reasonable :-), so we need to
> somehow get to it. Newer firmwares have it in the device tree such that
> we can just get it and ioremap it there (in case it ever moves in future
> products). For now, provide a hardcoded fallback for older firmwares.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>

applied 2-10


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