Re: [PATCH 3/8] staging: vme: make [alloc|free]_consistent bridgespecific

From: Martyn Welch
Date: Mon Aug 01 2011 - 10:06:50 EST


On 01/08/11 15:00, Manohar Vanga wrote:
> Hi Martyn,
>
>>> Make PCI dependent functions ([alloc|free]_consistent() in
>>> 'vme.c') bridge specific. By removing the dependency of the
>>> VME bridge framework on PCI, this patch allows for addition of
>>> non-PCI based VME bridges.
>>>
>>
>> I like the approach, I think I agree with Dan, I'd rather see the locking
>> inside the function for now.
>
> Just noticed that the locking that Dan was referring to and the one you agree
> with in the previous patch ([PATCH 2/8] staging: vme: allow explicit assignment
> of bus numbers) and not this one. Which one are you referring to here?
>

Whoops. Sorry, Dan's comment about the error printing, not the locking.

Martyn

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