Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:35:12 +0900 | From | Kenji Kaneshige <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] add hook for PCI resource deallocation |
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Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 09:54:14PM +0900, Kenji Kaneshige wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This patch adds a hook 'pcibios_disable_device()' into >> pci_disable_device() to call architecture specific PCI resource >> deallocation code. It's a opposite part of pcibios_enable_device(). >> We need this hook to deallocate architecture specific PCI resource >> such as IRQ resource, etc.. This patch is just for adding the hook, >> so pcibios_disable_device() is defined as a null function on all >> architecture so far. > > I'd prefer to wait until there was an actual user of this hook before > adding it to the kernel. Otherwise someone (likely me) will notice this > hook in a few days and go, "hey, no one is using this, let's clean it > up" :) > > So, how about we wait until you have a patch that needs this before I > apply it? >
Okay. I'll post a patch that needs this soon.
Thanks, Kenji Kaneshige
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