Re: [PATCH 2/3] pci: Kill rescan under /sys/.../pci/devices/...

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> diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> index 4a9879b..2811a42 100644
> --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> @@ -559,3 +559,14 @@ Why:	These legacy callbacks should no longer be used as i2c-core offers
>  Who:	Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  
>  ----------------------------
> +
> +What:	rescan in /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../
> +When:	June 2012
> +Why:	That is not right. the device is already there, there is no reason to rescan it.
> +	We can not get increase resource for them.
> +	Now We already have rescan for pci_bus.
> +	So remove rescan for all pci devices. less confusing
> +	Finally We remove devices, and rescan bus that there were on before.

I think this is what you mean:

"We cannot change the resources of the device.
Instead one should use the rescan attribute available via
the pci_bus. This attribute under devices is deprecated
and will be removed in the future."

> +Who:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +---------------------------
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