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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pci: Add IORESOURCE_BIT entry for PCIe ECAM resources.
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 20:41:04 +0200
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On Saturday 31 May 2014 01:36:40 Liviu Dudau wrote:
> We would like to be able to describe PCIe ECAM resources as
> IORESOURCE_MEM blocks while distinguish them from standard
> memory resources. Add an IORESOURCE_BIT entry for this case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com>

I still don't see any value in this at all. What is the advantage
of doing this opposed to just having a standardized 'reg' property
for a particular compatible string?

	Arnd