Re: [PATCH 2/3] PNP cleanups - Unify the pnp macros to access resources in the pnp resource table

Alan Cox <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Is it actually even worth changing in the first place ? You seem to be
> complicating the code not simplyifying it, and at the end of the day
> ISAPnP is obsolete and BIOS PnP is obsoleted by ACPI

The PNP interface is used by the ACPI code to tell the various
non PCI drivers about their resources.  Thomas is actually
aiming at some ACPI issues with this.

-Andi
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References:
- [PATCH 2/3] PNP cleanups - Unify the pnp macros to access resources in the pnp resource table
  - From: Thomas Renninger <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] PNP cleanups - Unify the pnp macros to access resources in the pnp resource table
  - From: Alan Cox <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] PNP cleanups - Unify the pnp macros to access resources in the pnp resource table
  - From: Thomas Renninger <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] PNP cleanups - Unify the pnp macros to access resources in the pnp resource table
  - From: Alan Cox <[email protected]>

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