Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:59:42 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2.6.21-rc5 1/3] parport->dev driver model support |
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:06:19 -0700 David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Currently a parport_driver can't get a handle on the device node for the > underlying parport (PNPACPI, PCI, etc). That prevents correct placement > of sysfs child nodes, which can affect things like power management. > > This patch adds a field to "struct parport" pointing to that device node, > and updates non-legacy port drivers to initialize that device pointer. > That field replaces the analagous PCI-only support in parport_pc. > > Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> > --- > NOTE this depends on an earlier patch to make pnp devices set up DMA, > parport is the primary user of legacy i8237 dma infrastructure.
Confusion reigns.
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