[PATCH 1/1] powerpc: Export PCI slot reset API

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Fri Jan 26 13:49:25 EST 2007


On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 02:49:32PM -0600, Brian King wrote:
> 
> Adds two new APIs to assert/deassert PCI reset to a given
> device. This is needed for an ipr PCI-E adapter which does not
> properly implement either BIST nor PCI-E hot reset, requiring
> a PCI-E warm reset, which is what this implements.

Having this exported only on a single platform is wrong. Any API
for PCI drivers should be implemented on all platforms, even if
some of it have it stubbed out.




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