Re: [PATCH] VME: Provide access to VME bus enumeration and fix vme_user match function

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 08:08:50PM +0100, Martyn Welch wrote:
> The match function for vme_user is completely wrong. It will blindly bind
> against the first VME slot on each bus (at this point that would be just the
> first bus as the driver can only handle one bus).
> 
> The original intention (before some major subsystem changes) was that the
> driver bind against the slot to which the bridge was attached in the VME
> system and to the bus(es) provided via the "bus" module parameter.
> 
> To do this cleanly (i.e. without poking arround in the subsystems internal
> stuctures) a functionality has been added to provide access to the bus
> enumeration.

So does this really solve the problem?  How does exporting the function
solve the issue?

confused,

greg k-h
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