From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hmm.wantstofly.org ([136.243.66.71]:38996 "EHLO mail.wantstofly.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750843AbcB2RwU (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:52:20 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:42:58 +0200 From: Lennert Buytenhek To: Lorenzo Pieralisi Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , Lennert Buytenhek , Jonathan Corbet , Bjorn Helgaas , Rob Herring , Russell King Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] arm: kernel: pci: remove pci=firmware command line parameter handling Message-ID: <20160229174258.GL5891@wantstofly.org> References: <1456767800-6609-1-git-send-email-lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1456767800-6609-1-git-send-email-lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 05:43:20PM +0000, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: > According to kernel documentation, the pci=firmware command line > parameter is only meant to be used on IXP2000 ARM platforms to prevent > the kernel from assigning PCI resources configured by the bootloader. > > Since the IXP2000 ARM platforms support has been removed from the > kernel in commit: > > commit c65f2abf54a6 ("ARM: remove ixp23xx and ixp2000 platforms") > > its platforms specific kernel parameters should be removed > too from the kernel documentation along with the kernel code > currently handling them in that they have just become obsolete. > > This patch removes the pci=firmware command line parameter handling > from ARM code and the related kernel parameters documentation > section. > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi > Cc: Arnd Bergmann > Cc: Lennert Buytenhek > Cc: Jonathan Corbet > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas > Cc: Rob Herring > Cc: Russell King Acked-by: Lennert Buytenhek