RE: [PATCH 0/8] net: Phase out hybrid PCI devres API

Keller, Jacob E posted 8 patches 8 months, 1 week ago
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RE: [PATCH 0/8] net: Phase out hybrid PCI devres API
Posted by Keller, Jacob E 8 months, 1 week ago

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> Subject: [PATCH 0/8] net: Phase out hybrid PCI devres API
> 
> Fixes a number of minor issues with the usage of the PCI API in net.
> Notbaly, it replaces calls to the sometimes-managed
> pci_request_regions() to the always-managed pcim_request_all_regions(),
> enabling us to remove that hybrid functionality from PCI.
> 

Removing the problematic "sometimes" behavior is good.

Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>