Re: [patch 2.5] 2-pass PCI probing, generic part

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt (benh@kernel.crashing.org)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 12:52:15 EST


On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 18:46, Ivan Kokshaysky wrote:

> There is no need for changes to arch-specific code, as everything
> is hidden in pci_scan_bus(). However, it's possible to use
> pci_scan_bus_parented() and pci_probe_resources() directly,
> because some arch-specific fixups between these two might
> be useful.
>
> Note: on powermacs, if the I/O ASIC is behind PCI-PCI bridge, the
> bridge device probably should be marked as "skip_probe" as well.

Good.

Yes, On these, I'll skip the pci<->pci bridge in cases there is one on
the path too, this will add some nasty logic to the pmac pci code, but
that's ok as long as that crap doesn't leak out of
arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_*

Ben.

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