Re: [PATCH v20 06/22] cxl: Move pci generic code

Jonathan Cameron
2025-11-12T15:41:08Z

On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:36:41 +0000
alejandro.lucero-palau@amd.com wrote:

> From: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@amd.com>
>
> Inside cxl/core/pci.c there are helpers for CXL PCIe initialization
> meanwhile cxl/pci.c implements the functionality for a Type3 device
> initialization.
>
> Move helper functions from cxl/pci.c to cxl/core/pci.c in order to be
> exported and shared with CXL Type2 device initialization.
>
> Fix cxl mock tests affected by the code move, deleting a function which
> indeed was not being used since commit 733b57f262b0("cxl/pci: Early
> setup RCH dport component registers from RCRB").

As I replied late to v19, I'd like to understand more about this comment.
If it was not being used, why can't we remove it before this patch?

>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ben Cheatham <benjamin.cheatham@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Fan Ni <fan.ni@samsung.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>