netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] ethernet: Use pci_(request|release)_mem

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Message-ID: <1464793005.2960.3.camel@intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:56:45 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jay Cliburn <jcliburn@...il.com>,
	Chris Snook <chris.snook@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] ethernet: Use pci_(request|release)_mem_regions

On Wed, 2016-06-01 at 10:51 +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 12:59:56AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 02:05:13PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > > Now that we do have pci_request_mem_regions() and
> pci_release_mem_regions() at
> > > hand, use it in the ethernet drivers.
> > 
> > This should probably be one patch per driver.
> 
> I though if I do one patch per subsystem it'll be less a hassle for the
> individual maintainers, but if the netdev people want it as split up,
> I'll be
> doing it of cause.

Since almost all the changes are to Intel wired LAN drivers, if you just
split off the atheros change into a separate patch, I would be happy.  Then
you could keep just one patch to change all the Intel drivers.
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