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From: "Liviu Dudau" <liviu@dudau.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 12:26:50 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pci: Add IORESOURCE_BIT entry for PCIe ECAM
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On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 08:41:04PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Saturday 31 May 2014 01:36:40 Liviu Dudau wrote:
> > We would like to be able to describe PCIe ECAM resources as
> > IORESOURCE_MEM blocks while distinguish them from standard
> > memory resources. Add an IORESOURCE_BIT entry for this case.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com>
> 
> I still don't see any value in this at all. What is the advantage
> of doing this opposed to just having a standardized 'reg' property
> for a particular compatible string?

Oh, I agree. This patch was trying to provide an improved solution
to the original patch just in case someone considers this a worthwhile
exercise.

Best regards,
Liviu

> 
> 	Arnd
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