Re: [PATCH v2 14/29] sparc/PCI: convert to pci_create_root_bus() for correct root bus resources

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From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:46:54 -0400 (EDT)

> From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:28:18 -0600
> 
>> Convert from pci_create_bus() to pci_create_root_bus().  This way the root
>> bus resources are correct immediately.  This patch doesn't fix anything
>> because sparc fixed them before scanning the bus, but it makes it more
>> consistent with other architectures.
>> 
>> I didn't work out where pcibios_fixup_bus() is called.  I don't see a
>> use of pci_scan_bus(), pci_scan_bus_parented(), or pci_scan_child_bus().
>> 
>> CC: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The pcibios_fixup_bus() case here (sparc64) is an artifact from when
> we actually probed the PCI config space for device probing on sparc64,
> and pci_bus_probe() would invoke it.
> 
> Unfortunately we can't delete this function now even though it's empty
> with your changes, because drivers/pci/probe.o is unconditionally
> linked into the kernel when CONFIG_PCI even when an architecture
> (such as sparc64) doesn't use the majority of the code in it.

Sorry, forgot to give this an ACK :-)

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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