[PATCH v2] staging: comedi: adv_pci_dio: restore PCI-1753E support
H Hartley Sweeten
hartleys at visionengravers.com
Fri Mar 15 17:48:45 UTC 2013
On Friday, March 15, 2013 10:44 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 2013-03-15 17:06, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>> On Friday, March 15, 2013 3:32 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
>>> + if (pci_enable_device(pcidev) < 0)
>>> + return cardtype;
>>
>> If the pci device cannot be enabled shouldn't the pci probe just return
>> an errno? There doesn't seem to be any reason the continue with the
>> auto attach.
>
> It could return an error here (and pass cardtype by reference), but it
> should fail later anyway (still within the same PCI probe call) when the
> auto attach calls comedi_pci_enable(), so it just seemed easiest to pass
> the buck.
Fair enough.
>>> + if (pci_request_region(pcidev, PCIDIO_MAINREG, "adv_pci_dio") == 0) {
>>
>> Nitpick, is there any way to get the pci_driver name here instead of the
>> open coded string?
>
> Sure, we could use `adv_pci_dio_pci_driver.name` (except it hasn't been
> declared yet at that point), or `pcidev->driver->name`. It's only used
> transiently though, so it doesn't matter much what string we use.
Like I said, it's just a pitpick.
I still would use pdidev->driver->name instead of the open coded string.
It saves a couple bytes and if the driver name ever changes they would
still match. Call it a pet peeve of mine... ;-)
Your call.
Regards,
Hartley
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