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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 0/6] Introduce pci_(request|release)_(mem|io)_regions
    On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 09:44:00AM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
    > The first patch in this series introduces the following 4 helper functions to
    > the PCI core:
    >
    > * pci_request_mem_regions()
    > * pci_request_io_regions()
    > * pci_release_mem_regions()
    > * pci_release_io_regions()
    >
    > which encapsulate the request and release of a PCI device's memory or I/O
    > bars.
    >
    > The subsequent patches convert the drivers, which use the
    > pci_request_selected_regions(pdev,
    > pci_select_bars(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM), name);
    > and similar pattern to use the new interface.
    >
    > This was suggested by Christoph Hellwig in
    > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2016-May/004570.html and
    > tested on kernel v4.6 with NVMe.
    >

    Btw, as I've seen already Jeff applying the Intel Ethernet patch to his
    tree, I think this should go via the PCI tree as the build dependency is
    the PCI patch.

    Thanks,
    Johannes
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