netdev - Re: [PATCH 14/19] sky2: remove unnecessary reads of PCI_CAP_ID

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Message-Id: <20110627.214212.364989192938099400.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:42:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jdmason@...zu.us
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/19] sky2: remove unnecessary reads of PCI_CAP_ID_EXP

From: Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:46:56 -0500

> The PCIE capability offset is saved during PCI bus walking.  It will
> remove an unnecessary search in the PCI configuration space if this
> value is referenced instead of reacquiring it.  Also, pci_is_pcie is a
> better way of determining if the device is PCIE or not (as it uses the
> same saved PCIE capability offset).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>

Applied.
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