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From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>,
	devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	Bryan Huntsman <bryanh@codeaurora.org>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>,
	David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>,
	mbohan@codeaurora.org,
	Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:26:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121219112655.AC0503E0AD7@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1354834541-26765-1-git-send-email-stepanm@codeaurora.org>

On Thu,  6 Dec 2012 14:55:41 -0800, Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> In some situations, userspace may want to resolve a
> device by function and logical number (ie, "serial0")
> rather than by the base address or full device path. Being
> able to resolve a device by alias frees userspace from the
> burden of otherwise having to maintain a mapping between
> device addresses and their logical assignments on each
> platform when multiple instances of the same hardware block
> are present in the system.
> 
> Although the uevent device attribute contains devicetree
> compatible information and the full device path, the uevent
> does not list the alises that may have been defined for the
> device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>

I've picked this up into my devicetree/next branch. It will get pushed out to linux-next after the merge window closes.

Thanks,
g.

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From: grant.likely@secretlab.ca (Grant Likely)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:26:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121219112655.AC0503E0AD7@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1354834541-26765-1-git-send-email-stepanm@codeaurora.org>

On Thu,  6 Dec 2012 14:55:41 -0800, Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> In some situations, userspace may want to resolve a
> device by function and logical number (ie, "serial0")
> rather than by the base address or full device path. Being
> able to resolve a device by alias frees userspace from the
> burden of otherwise having to maintain a mapping between
> device addresses and their logical assignments on each
> platform when multiple instances of the same hardware block
> are present in the system.
> 
> Although the uevent device attribute contains devicetree
> compatible information and the full device path, the uevent
> does not list the alises that may have been defined for the
> device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>

I've picked this up into my devicetree/next branch. It will get pushed out to linux-next after the merge window closes.

Thanks,
g.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
To: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>,
	devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	Bryan Huntsman <bryanh@codeaurora.org>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>,
	David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>,
	mbohan@codeaurora.org,
	Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:26:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121219112655.AC0503E0AD7@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1354834541-26765-1-git-send-email-stepanm@codeaurora.org>

On Thu,  6 Dec 2012 14:55:41 -0800, Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> In some situations, userspace may want to resolve a
> device by function and logical number (ie, "serial0")
> rather than by the base address or full device path. Being
> able to resolve a device by alias frees userspace from the
> burden of otherwise having to maintain a mapping between
> device addresses and their logical assignments on each
> platform when multiple instances of the same hardware block
> are present in the system.
> 
> Although the uevent device attribute contains devicetree
> compatible information and the full device path, the uevent
> does not list the alises that may have been defined for the
> device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>

I've picked this up into my devicetree/next branch. It will get pushed out to linux-next after the merge window closes.

Thanks,
g.


  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-19 11:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-05  2:30 [PATCH] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent Stepan Moskovchenko
2012-12-05  2:30 ` Stepan Moskovchenko
2012-12-05 23:03 ` Grant Likely
2012-12-05 23:03   ` Grant Likely
2012-12-05 23:03   ` Grant Likely
2012-12-06  7:49   ` [PATCH v2] " Stepan Moskovchenko
2012-12-06  7:49     ` Stepan Moskovchenko
2012-12-06 19:24     ` Grant Likely
2012-12-06 19:24       ` Grant Likely
2012-12-06 19:24       ` Grant Likely
2012-12-06 22:55       ` [PATCH v3] " Stepan Moskovchenko
2012-12-06 22:55         ` Stepan Moskovchenko
2012-12-19 11:26         ` Grant Likely [this message]
2012-12-19 11:26           ` Grant Likely
2012-12-19 11:26           ` Grant Likely

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