From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: puranjay12 at gmail.com (Puranjay Mohan) Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 10:21:24 +0530 Subject: [Linux-kernel-mentees] Seeking information about LKMP Project - "Linux PCI - Remove driver-local definitions of standard PCI symbols" In-Reply-To: <1e3ae604-1e71-b930-2d33-c84cdbf629ca@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20190501210717.GA30464@arch> <1e3ae604-1e71-b930-2d33-c84cdbf629ca@linuxfoundation.org> Message-ID: <20190502045124.GA3765@arch> List-Id: On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 03:21:00PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote: > On 5/1/19 3:07 PM, Puranjay Mohan wrote: > > Hello, > > I wanted to get a few things clarified in relation to the aforementioned project in the subject. > > > > The description of the project states that some drivers define their own copies of PCI_COMMAND, PCI_STATUS, etc. > > > > If we remove these definitions, > > then for the driver to work it has to include "include/uapi/linux/pci_regs.h", > > so should we also add the include statement in the driver source code or it is already included by some other way. > > > > Kindly help me resolve this confusion as I am a beginner at this. > > If the question sounds wrong or lame, please forgive me. > > I want to work on this project as a part of the Linux kernel mentorship program. > > > > off list: > > Hi Puranjay, > > Are you interested in working on a PCI project? These projects listed on the > project page are the ones mentees will work on once they have been selected > after the application process is complete. > > I just want to make sure you aren't working on these projects yet. You have > several required contributions to complete to complete the application > process. > > thanks, > -- Shuah > Hi, I know we are not supposed to work on these projects right now. While reading through the projects page, I found this one interesting and out of curiosity wanted to know how it will work. Thanks, From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: puranjay12@gmail.com (Puranjay Mohan) Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 10:21:24 +0530 Subject: [Linux-kernel-mentees] Seeking information about LKMP Project - "Linux PCI - Remove driver-local definitions of standard PCI symbols" In-Reply-To: <1e3ae604-1e71-b930-2d33-c84cdbf629ca@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20190501210717.GA30464@arch> <1e3ae604-1e71-b930-2d33-c84cdbf629ca@linuxfoundation.org> Message-ID: <20190502045124.GA3765@arch> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <20190502045124.oVhTDADmD9X0nHSEBenMxCDFCGs29ZqjneyxebTlVfo@z> On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 03:21:00PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote: > On 5/1/19 3:07 PM, Puranjay Mohan wrote: > > Hello, > > I wanted to get a few things clarified in relation to the aforementioned project in the subject. > > > > The description of the project states that some drivers define their own copies of PCI_COMMAND, PCI_STATUS, etc. > > > > If we remove these definitions, > > then for the driver to work it has to include "include/uapi/linux/pci_regs.h", > > so should we also add the include statement in the driver source code or it is already included by some other way. > > > > Kindly help me resolve this confusion as I am a beginner at this. > > If the question sounds wrong or lame, please forgive me. > > I want to work on this project as a part of the Linux kernel mentorship program. > > > > off list: > > Hi Puranjay, > > Are you interested in working on a PCI project? These projects listed on the > project page are the ones mentees will work on once they have been selected > after the application process is complete. > > I just want to make sure you aren't working on these projects yet. You have > several required contributions to complete to complete the application > process. > > thanks, > -- Shuah > Hi, I know we are not supposed to work on these projects right now. While reading through the projects page, I found this one interesting and out of curiosity wanted to know how it will work. Thanks,