[PATCH v3 0/6] Introduce pci_(request|release)_(mem|io)_regions

Jeff Kirsher jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com
Wed Jun 8 16:04:46 PDT 2016


On Wed, 2016-06-08 at 09:28 +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> 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 an
> d
> > 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.

Bjorn should pick up the entire series, I just applied the Intel patch (and
dependent patches) so we could touch test it.
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