On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:42:33 -0600 Alex Chiang <achiang@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Len, Jesse, > > I'd like to have this patch series considered for the current release > because it clarifies some usage of the new interface > acpi_get_pci_dev() that was also introduced in this release cycle. > > The short story is, acpi_get_pci_dev() doesn't always return a struct > pci_dev, because a PCI root bridge may not have an associated pci_dev > on platforms with non-materialized root bridges. > > See this patch for more: > > http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/32613/ > > I had to export acpi_pci_root to accomplish my goal, but it did result > in a nice net cleanup in acpiphp. > > It should probably go through Jesse's tree, but needs Len's ACK for > the acpi_pci_root bit. Haven't heard from Len yet, but I'm a bit nervous about adding this to for-linus. We already have a fix upstream for the acpi_get_pci_dev issue right? So there's no hurry on this set of (nice) cleanups is there? Thanks, -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
