Re: [PATCH 0/4] PCI: Add support and tests for FIXUP quirks in modules

From: Christoph Hellwig

Date: Mon Sep 22 2025 - 14:13:41 EST


On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:41:37AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> I see fixups in controller drivers here:
>
> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-loongson.c
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-tegra.c
> drivers/pci/controller/pcie-iproc-bcma.c
> drivers/pci/controller/pcie-iproc.c
>
> Are any of those somehow wrong?

Controller drivers are a special case I guess, but I'd rather still
not open it up to any random driver. When did we allow modular
controller drivers anyway? That feels like a somewhat bad idea, too.