Re: [patch 00/37] PNP resource_table cleanups, v2

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Sunday 04 May 2008 08:19:54 am Rene Herman wrote:
> On 04-05-08 16:14, Rene Herman wrote:
> 
> > In trying to come up with problems I'm only finding a difference in an 
> > added failure mode with respect to the static array if we run out of 
> > memory at a bad time and this is quite unserious.
> 
> I mean, this would be an added mode when just releasing and rbuilding teh 
> list as opposed to teh reusing, it's not a diffeerence with respect to the 
> .index setup.
> 
> So, going to completely slash struct pnp_resource again? :) Would improve 
> things...

It would be nice to get rid of struct pnp_resource, but then I
wouldn't have a place to keep the list pointer.  But I think
it will disappear from most of the interfaces, e.g,. we can
get rid of pnp_get_pnp_resource(), etc.

Bjorn
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