PCI native host controller drivers in the Linux kernel are needed to managed native (DT) bootstrap. Maintainership is important because the host controller drivers can become fragmented and active review is needed to make sure the drivers are kept in sync and use kernel APIs appropriately.
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Lorenzo Pieralisi December 27, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Patches review.
Lorenzo Pieralisi December 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Patches review.
Lorenzo Pieralisi December 14, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Reviewing IMX controller code for enabling SMMU/ITS look-up tables.
Lorenzo Pieralisi December 7, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Reviewed IMX driver and MSI parent IRQ domain patches.
Lorenzo Pieralisi March 1, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Spent one day reviewing PCI starfive controller code to realize at patch [22/23] that the controller is broken. An ultimate disappointment and waste of review time but that comes with the territory.
PCI native host controller drivers in the Linux kernel are needed to managed native (DT) bootstrap. Maintainership is important because the host controller drivers can become fragmented and active review is needed to make sure the drivers are kept in sync and use kernel APIs appropriately.