Re: [RFC PATCH 07/16] PCI: Separate pci_host_bridge creation out of pci_create_root_bus()
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- To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 07/16] PCI: Separate pci_host_bridge creation out of pci_create_root_bus()
- From: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:41:33 +0800
- Cc: <linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>, Liviu Dudau <liviu@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>, "Russell King" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Xinwei Hu <huxinwei@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Thierry Reding" <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>, <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>, <linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wuyun <wuyun.wu@xxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>> We need, some platforms pass NULL pointer as host bridge parent.
>>>
>>> But those don't have to use the new pci_create_host_bridge() function,
>>> right?
>>
>> As I mentioned in another reply, I hope all pci host drivers could use
>> pci_create_host_bridge(), keep different PCI scan interfaces in PCI core
>> make things become complex.
>
> Doing this for all platforms that have PCI support would be a lot of
> work though, I think it's better to focus on having a the best interface
> for the majority of users.
Yes.
>
> Arnd
>
> .
>
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Thanks!
Yijing
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