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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 14/14] nubus: Add support for the driver model
    On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 01:20:02AM -0500, Finn Thain wrote:
    > This patch brings basic support for the Linux Driver Model to the
    > NuBus subsystem.
    >
    > For flexibility, the matching of boards with drivers is left up to the
    > drivers. This is also the approach taken by NetBSD. A board may have
    > many functions, and drivers may have to consider many functional
    > resources and board resources in order to match a device.
    >
    > This implementation does not bind drivers to resources (nor does it bind
    > many drivers to the same board). Apple's NuBus declaration ROM design
    > is flexible enough to allow that, but I don't see a need to support it
    > as we don't use the "slot zero" resources (in the main logic board ROM).
    >
    > Eliminate the global nubus_boards linked list by rewriting the procfs
    > board iterator around bus_for_each_dev(). Hence the nubus device refcount
    > can be used to determine the lifespan of board objects.
    >
    > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    > Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com>
    > Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>

    Nice job:

    Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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