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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 14/14] nubus: Add support for the driver model
On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 01:20:02AM -0500, Finn Thain wrote:
> This patch brings basic support for the Linux Driver Model to the
> NuBus subsystem.
>
> For flexibility, the matching of boards with drivers is left up to the
> drivers. This is also the approach taken by NetBSD. A board may have
> many functions, and drivers may have to consider many functional
> resources and board resources in order to match a device.
>
> This implementation does not bind drivers to resources (nor does it bind
> many drivers to the same board). Apple's NuBus declaration ROM design
> is flexible enough to allow that, but I don't see a need to support it
> as we don't use the "slot zero" resources (in the main logic board ROM).
>
> Eliminate the global nubus_boards linked list by rewriting the procfs
> board iterator around bus_for_each_dev(). Hence the nubus device refcount
> can be used to determine the lifespan of board objects.
>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>

Nice job:

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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