Re: pci_get_device_reverse(), why does Calgary need this?

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 07:47:11PM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 09:32:03AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > Is there some reason you aren't using the "real" PCI driver api here
> > and registering a pci driver for these devices?  That would take the
> > whole "loop over all pci devices" logic out of the code entirely.
> 
> I recall we had a reason, but I no longer recall what it was. Some
> reason the "real" PCI driver API didn't fit at the time. If someone
> were to whip up a working patch, I'd happily apply it.

"at the time"?  It's been in place since the 2.2 days :)

Is the problem that other drivers also want access to this PCI device
for some reason?

I'll whip up a patch for you to test with in a bit...

> > > Feel free to nuke it and walk the list forward.
> > 
> > So something like the patch below would be fine?
> 
> Yep, looks good. 
> 
> Acked-by: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com>

thanks for reviewing this.

greg k-h