netdev - Re: [PATCH] Change request_irq() to use struct net

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Message-ID: <51F16F74.3070503@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:33:24 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC:	whiteheadm@....org, Prashant Shah <pshah.mumbai@...il.com>,
	Ryan Mallon <rmallon@...il.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	mwhitehe@...hat.com, kernel-mentors@...enic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change request_irq() to use struct net_device *dev->name

Hello.

On 07/25/2013 10:31 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

>> Andy,
>>    I can't find a single example of a devres_* call in
>> drivers/net/ethernet/*. Does any networking code exist that we can look at
>> as an example for conversion to the devres API?

> devres API usually means managed version of the functions that used
> mostly at probe() stage.
> For example, devm_*() or pcim_*() calls.

    It's also called managed device API. In fact, I've never heard it named 
devres API.

WBR, Sergei

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