Re: [PATCH -v2 00/16] PCI: Re-factor PCI's 'latency timer' setup

From: Jesse Barnes
Date: Fri Nov 11 2011 - 12:59:17 EST


On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:47:26 -0600
Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The 'latency timer' of PCI devices, both Type 0 and Type 1,
> is setup in architecture-specific code [see: pcibios_set_master()].
> There are two approaches being taken by all the architectures - check
> if the 'latency timer' is currently set between 16 and 255 and if not
> bring it within bounds, or, do nothing (and then there is the
> gratuitously different parisc implementation).
>
> There is nothing architecture-specific about PCI's 'latency timer' so
> this patch pulls the setup functionality up into the PCI core by
> creating a generic 'pcibios_set_master()' function using the '__weak'
> attribute which can be used by all architectures as a default which,
> if necessary, can then be over-ridden by architecture-specific code.

I have acks from Chris, Ralf, and Mike. Any other arch maintainers
want to ack or nack this before it goes into my -next branch?

Thanks,
--
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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