Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:20:08 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com>
Cc: jdmason@kudzu.us, bzolnier@gmail.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       discuss@x86-64.org
Subject: Re: pci_get_device_reverse(), why does Calgary need this?
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On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 09:48:27AM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> In conclusion, our usage doesn't seem lika a good fit for the probe
> approach, although it could probably converted provided we got the
> ordering right with regards to regular PCI device
> initialization. Doesn't seem to be worth the effort.

After reading this, and looking at the code again, I agree.  Thanks for
the great explaination, I'll leave the code alone now :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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