Re: Cleanup (PCI API and general) of drivers/net/rcpci.c (240t13p3)

2000-12-21 Thread Rasmus Andersen

On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 10:46:52PM +, Alan Cox wrote:
> > o The driver currently allocates irqs during its initialization
> >   instead of postponing it until it is opened for use. Is there
> >   a reason for this?
> 
> Shouldnt be - its an I2O network interface with some extra bits for
> the cryptoconfig

OK. I'll move the resource de-/allocation to the open/close call then 
and post a new patch in a few days.
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Re: Cleanup (PCI API and general) of drivers/net/rcpci.c (240t13p3)

2000-12-21 Thread Alan Cox

> Questions for the maintainers, should they read this (does anyone
> know their email addresses?) (others should feel free to chip in):

I've not heard from them for a long time

> o The driver currently allocates irqs during its initialization
>   instead of postponing it until it is opened for use. Is there
>   a reason for this?

Shouldnt be - its an I2O network interface with some extra bits for
the cryptoconfig


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Re: Cleanup (PCI API and general) of drivers/net/rcpci.c (240t13p3)

2000-12-21 Thread Rasmus Andersen

On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 10:46:52PM +, Alan Cox wrote:
  o The driver currently allocates irqs during its initialization
instead of postponing it until it is opened for use. Is there
a reason for this?
 
 Shouldnt be - its an I2O network interface with some extra bits for
 the cryptoconfig

OK. I'll move the resource de-/allocation to the open/close call then 
and post a new patch in a few days.
-- 
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