Re: [PATCH v2 07/27] PCI: Add software-emulated host bridge

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Dear Arnd Bergmann,

On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:18:17 +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> Not even a description why this is needed?
> 
> This patch (together with patch 8) seems like the most controversial
> one of the series, so you should better provide a really good reason
> why we would emulate something in software rather than using whatever
> hardware is there.

Hum, you're right. In fact, the very reason why I'm adding an emulated
host bridge and emulated PCI-to-PCI bridges is simply because this was
one of the main suggestion raised during the review of the first
revision of this patch set.

Thomas
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