Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:27:07 -0800 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Moving probe_roms_32 to probe_roms | From | Dan Williams <> |
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote: > From: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com> > > Moving the probe_roms_32 code to probe_roms and make available for all x86. The > end result adapter roms data structure is made available read-only to drivers. > The Intel isci SAS driver needs to scan the OROM memory in order to pull OEM > parameters from the OROM. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com> > --- > > We could just export adapter_rom_resources directly and be done with it, but > it seemed reasonable to have a compile time catch for drivers that try to > modify the resources, and that drivers should not assume the number of > available adapter roms. >
Ping? The "RFC" was probably not needed, just wanted clarification if the interface for modules to retrieve the adapter rom data was in good taste.
Thanks, Dan
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