Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:16:38 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | pci_get_device_reverse(), why does Calgary need this? |
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 04:15:06PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Hi, > > I'm reworking the pci device list logic (we currently keep all PCI > devices in 2 lists, which isn't the nicest, we should be able to get > away with only 1 list.) > > The only bother I've found so far is the pci_get_device_reverse() > function, it's used in 2 places, IDE and the calgary driver.
Why does the calgary driver need this? Can we just use pci_get_device() instead? Why do you need to walk the device list backwards? Do you get false positives going forward?
thanks,
greg k-h
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