Re: [PATCH v1 2/4] PCI: brcmstb: Add mechanism to turn on subdev regulators

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 10:14:11AM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 7:12 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 12:27:23PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> > > Add a mechanism to identify standard PCIe regulators in the DT, allocate
> > > them, and turn them on before the rest of the bus is scanned during
> > > pci_host_probe().
> > > ...

> > > +static int pci_subdev_regulators_add_bus(struct pci_bus *bus);
> > > +static void pci_subdev_regulators_remove_bus(struct pci_bus *bus);
> >
> > I think these forward declarations are unnecessary.  I can remove them
> > if you agree.
> 
> It is up to you.  I have a commit-set ready that will make a number of
> improvements to our driver.
> One of them removes all forward declarations.  Other commits concern
> other suggestions you
> have made, e.g. rename brcm_pcie_linkup() to brcm_pcie_start_link().

If you're planning a v2, I'd drop the declarations there.  No point in
adding them, only to remove them in a future patch (unless we need
them in the interim, of course, but in this case I don't think we do).

Bjorn