[parisc-linux] Untested port of parisc_device to generic device interface

Greg KH greg@kroah.com
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:52:23 -0800


On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:46:58PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
> > What is the real reason for needing this, pci_alloc_consistent()?  We
> > have talked about renaming that to dev_alloc_consistent() in the past,
> > which I think will work for you, right?
> 
> This this would end up [or have the ability to] invoking a bus-specific
> routine at some point, right?  [so that a truly PCI-specific definition
> could be still be had]

If that was needed, yes, we should not break that functionality.

Are there any existing archs that need more than just dma_mask moved to
struct device out of pci_dev?  Hm, ppc might need a bit more...

thanks,

greg k-h