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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Brian King <brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] powerpc: Export PCI slot reset API
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On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 02:49:32PM -0600, Brian King wrote:
> 
> Adds two new APIs to assert/deassert PCI reset to a given
> device. This is needed for an ipr PCI-E adapter which does not
> properly implement either BIST nor PCI-E hot reset, requiring
> a PCI-E warm reset, which is what this implements.

Having this exported only on a single platform is wrong. Any API
for PCI drivers should be implemented on all platforms, even if
some of it have it stubbed out.