Re: pci_get_device_reverse(), why does Calgary need this?

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Feb 15 2008 - 13:31:22 EST


On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:31:40PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 07:20:08AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 09:48:27AM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> > > In conclusion, our usage doesn't seem lika a good fit for the probe
> > > approach, although it could probably converted provided we got the
> > > ordering right with regards to regular PCI device
> > > initialization. Doesn't seem to be worth the effort.
> >
> > After reading this, and looking at the code again, I agree. Thanks for
> > the great explaination, I'll leave the code alone now :)
>
> Copy the nice explanation from the mail into the code as a comment
> somewhere?

That would be nice. Muli, want to make a patch for this?

thanks,

greg k-h
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