[PATCHv4 02/11] pci: use weak functions for MSI arch-specific functions

Michael Ellerman michael at ellerman.id.au
Mon Jul 1 20:53:16 EDT 2013


On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 15:42 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Until now, the MSI architecture-specific functions could be overloaded
> using a fairly complex set of #define and compile-time
> conditionals. In order to prepare for the introduction of the msi_chip
> infrastructure, it is desirable to switch all those functions to use
> the 'weak' mechanism. This commit converts all the architectures that
> were overidding those MSI functions to use the new strategy.

The MSI code used to use weak functions, until we discovered they were
being miscompiled on some toolchains (11df1f0). I assume these days
we're confident they work correctly.

cheers





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