Re: [PATCH 1/2] pci: Add IORESOURCE_BIT entry for PCIe ECAM resources.

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Sat May 31 2014 - 14:41:31 EST


On Saturday 31 May 2014 01:36:40 Liviu Dudau wrote:
> We would like to be able to describe PCIe ECAM resources as
> IORESOURCE_MEM blocks while distinguish them from standard
> memory resources. Add an IORESOURCE_BIT entry for this case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@xxxxxxx>

I still don't see any value in this at all. What is the advantage
of doing this opposed to just having a standardized 'reg' property
for a particular compatible string?

Arnd
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