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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] staging: comedi: resolve section mismatch in s626
On Tue Apr 10 12, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 11:48:54AM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
> > On 2012-03-19 23:26, Greg KH wrote:
> > >On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 03:46:49PM -0700, Gerard Snitselaar wrote:
> > >>On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 09:43:25AM -0700, Gerard Snitselaar wrote:
> > >>>On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 09:31:03AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Ick, why is this loop even needed? We are only here if the pci device
> > >>>>is present in the system so this shouldn't be needed at all, right?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Or is this a bit more complex than I am making it out to be?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>greg k-h
> > >>>
> > >>>Most likely not. I will take a look at some of the other drivers in
> > >>>comedi and see how the attach code looks there. I believe the code
> > >>>section in hpdi_attach() was written by the same person. Unfortunately
> > >>>I don't have a device to actually play around and see what changes are
> > >>>doing.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>I looked at this a bit more. It looks like they lose visibility to the
> > >>pci_dev structure.
> > >>
> > >>*_probe()
> > >> comedi_pci_auto_config() pci_dev
> > >> comedi_auto_config() pci_dev->dev
> > >> comedi_device_attach() ??
> > >> driv->attach() ??<= iterate through pci devices.
> > >>
> > >>Most of the examples I have looked at so far use for_each_pci_dev() to
> > >>find the device, and s626 shortcuts it a bit by directly making calls
> > >>to pci_get_subsys() with specific ids. They all verify they have the
> > >>right device by checking the bus and slot that are grabbed from the
> > >>pci_dev in comedi_pci_auto_config() and passed down.
> > >
> > >Ugh, surely there's a way to keep the pci dev through the
> > >comedi_device_attach() call, right?
> >
> > comedi_device_attach() is also called for the COMEDI_DEVCONFIG ioctl
> > for "manually" configuring a comedi device, and that has no idea
> > about struct pci_dev, etc.
> >
> > I recently posted a series of patches that allows lower-level comedi
> > drivers to supply separate hooks for auto-configuring PCI devices or
> > USB devices without abusing the old "manual configuration" code
> > paths, see <http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-March/025331.html>.
> >
> > The old loop that searches the PCI bus is still needed for the
> > "manual configuration" code path.
>
> So, now that I've applied your patches, this patch isn't needed anymore,
> right? Or should it be reworked to use the new interfaces?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

I'd say drop my patch and if there is still a mismatch problem it can
probably be resolved in a better way.

gerard



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