netdev - Re: [RFC v2 1/2] PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support

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Message-ID: <20120802014911.GC17548@jonmason-lab>
Date:	Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:49:11 -0700
From:	Jon Mason <jon.mason@...el.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 1/2] PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 03:25:55PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 05:26:33PM -0700, Jon Mason wrote:
> > +struct ntb_transport_qp;
> > +
> > +struct ntb_client {
> > +	char *name;
> > +	int (*probe) (struct pci_dev *pdev);
> > +	void (*remove) (struct pci_dev *pdev);
> > +};
> 
> Why isn't this tied into the driver model?  That looks like you really
> want to use a 'struct device' here, right?
> 
> Then you have drivers that bind to them, and your devices show up in
> sysfs, which is probably a requirement you have, right?

I was trying to do something more light-weight than that and avoid the
complexity, but this is probably the direction it needs to go.

Thanks,
Jon

> 
> greg k-h
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