Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:14:12 -0700 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: [RFT 2.6.9-rc1 alpha sys_alcor.c] [1/2] convert pci_find_device to pci_get_device |
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 04:37:13PM -0700, Hanna Linder wrote: >> Here is a very simple patch to convert pci_find_device call to pci_get_device. >> As I don't have an alpha box or cross compiler could someone (wli- wink wink) >> please verify it compiles and doesn't break anything, thanks a lot.
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 07:01:16PM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote: > Presumably the intent is to eventually remove pci_find_device? > These routines run at the very beginning of bootup; there cannot > possibly be any races.
I think it's okay if the intent is to remove pci_find_device() entirely so drivers etc. don't trip over it. The bootstrap changes are, I suppose, only to enable the eventual removal, and not meant to resolve races that may exist there per se.
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