netdev - Re: [PATCH V4 14/26] pch_gbe: deprecate pci_get_bus_and

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Message-ID: <1513680330.7000.167.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:45:30 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        timur@...eaurora.org
Cc:     linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>,
        "open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 14/26] pch_gbe: deprecate pci_get_bus_and_slot()

On Tue, 2017-12-19 at 00:37 -0500, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> pci_get_bus_and_slot() is restrictive such that it assumes domain=0 as
> where a PCI device is present. This restricts the device drivers to be
> reused for other domain numbers.
> 
> Getting ready to remove pci_get_bus_and_slot() function in favor of
> pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot().
> 

Where this idea come from?

pci_get_bus_and_slot() still might be useful for the wired devices in
SoC where we know for sure that domain == 0.

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy