[PATCH 0/6] PCI: MMCONFIG clean up
Tomasz Nowicki
tomasz.nowicki at linaro.org
Mon Feb 2 23:42:01 PST 2015
On 02.02.2015 21:42, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 05:04:45PM +0100, Tomasz Nowicki wrote:
>> MMCFG ACPI table has no arch dependencies so it can be used across all
>> architectures. Currently MMCONFIG related code resides in arch/x86 directories.
>> This patch set is goint to isolate non-architecure specific code and make
>> it accessible from drivers/pci/ directory.
>>
>> Tomasz Nowicki (6):
>> x86, acpi, pci: Reorder logic of pci_mmconfig_insert() function
>> x86, acpi, pci: Move arch-agnostic MMCFG code out of arch/x86/
>> directory
>> x86, acpi, pci: Move PCI config space accessors.
>> x86, acpi, pci: mmconfig_{32,64}.c code refactoring - remove code
>> duplication.
>> x86, acpi, pci: mmconfig_64.c becomes default implementation for arch
>> agnostic low-level direct PCI config space accessors via MMCONFIG.
>> pci, acpi: Share ACPI PCI config space accessors.
>
> Hi Tomasz,
>
> I'm just checking to make sure we aren't deadlocked here, with me waiting
> for you and you waiting for me. I gave you some comments about
> abbreviations (MCFG/MMCFG/MMCONFIG/ECAM), weak functions, code placement
> (drivers/acpi vs. drivers/pci), and the mmio_config_*() naming, so I've
> been waiting to continue those discussions. But maybe you're waiting for
> me, too?
>
> I think this sort of cleanup is a great idea and I hope we can make some
> progress on it. If it's easier to do it in small pieces, e.g., starting
> out by moving code and renaming things with no functional changes, that
> would be great with me.
Hi Bjorn,
It is not deadlock, it is rather me suffering with lack of time :)
I definitely want to make that cleanup happen and was about to start
working on it again. Thanks for remanding me, patches/comments should
come up soon.
Regards,
Tomasz
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