Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964930AbVJZVRI (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:17:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964932AbVJZVRI (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:17:08 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:34511 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964930AbVJZVRG (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:17:06 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:17:05 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Laurent riffard Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH , Russell King Subject: Re: [RFC patch 0/3] remove pci_driver.owner and .name fields Message-ID: <20051026211705.GS7992@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <20051026204802.123045000@antares.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051026204802.123045000@antares.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 923 Lines: 22 On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:48:02PM +0200, Laurent riffard wrote: > I'm willing to submit patches to remove pci_driver.owner and .name > fields. pci_driver.driver.owner and .name will be used instead. > > Patch 1 prepares the core pci code for future removal of the 2 > fields, but actually do not remove them. As suggested by Al Viro, > pci_driver.driver.owner will be set by pci_register_driver. > > Patch 2 is an example of driver's update. There will be lots of > patches like this. > > Patch 3 is the final touch, after all pci_driver.name and > pci_driver.owner are removed. > > Any comments ? Feel free to correct my bad english. After 2.6.14 gets released, please... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/