netdev - Re: [PATCH 02/15] tg3: Use pci_ioremap

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Date:	Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:50:46 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mcarlson@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mchan@...adcom.com, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] tg3: Use pci_ioremap_bar()

From: "Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 02:10:35 -0800

> This patch replaces the existing APE register mapping code with a call
> to pci_ioremap_bar().  The code that maps the main device register space
> did not undergo a similar change because the information derived from
> the pci_resource_start() and pci_resource_len() is still used to
> populate the (optional) mem_start and mem_end netdevice members.
> Replace hardcoded constants where appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

Applied, but I think you can simply just remove those
dev->mem_start and dev->mem_end settings, they are
completely useles and if that is the only thing blocking
universal use of pci_ioremap_bar() it is yet another
reason to remove them.
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