From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 3/7] wireless: wl12xx: add platform data passing support
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:25:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100915082544.GA4625@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikAFCd+3ggZKhQXY=+bG==KgLkv3qNVdEGa=GBX@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 09:42:41PM +0200, Micha? Miros?aw wrote:
> W dniu 6 wrze?nia 2010 14:07 u?ytkownik Russell King - ARM Linux
> <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> napisa?:
> > On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 02:23:19PM +0200, Micha? Miros?aw wrote:
> >> 2010/9/1 Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>:
> >> > Add a simple mechanism to pass platform data to the
> >> > SDIO instances of wl12xx.
> [cut patch]
> >> Why do you need all that copying? Isn't the data constant?
> >
> > The first copy is to allow platforms to have their data marked with
> > __initdata. ?The second copy probably isn't necessary, but avoids
> > problems where the driver may decide to modify the platform data.
>
> Sorry for pushing at this, but why would you mark data that's meant to
> be used after init phase as __initdata?
Because you may have many instances of the data (due to multiple platform
support), and only need one of them at run-time.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-15 8:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-01 21:26 [PATCH v5 0/7] native wl1271 support on ZOOM Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-01 21:26 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] wireless: wl1271: make wl12xx.h common to both spi and sdio Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-01 21:26 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] wireless: wl1271: support return value for the set power func Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-01 21:26 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] wireless: wl12xx: add platform data passing support Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-04 12:23 ` Michał Mirosław
2010-09-06 11:55 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-06 12:07 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-09-06 13:46 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-06 19:42 ` Michał Mirosław
2010-09-15 8:00 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-15 8:27 ` Vitaly Wool
2010-09-15 16:39 ` Tony Lindgren
2010-09-15 8:25 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2010-09-15 16:10 ` Michał Mirosław
2010-09-01 21:26 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] wireless: wl1271: take irq info from private board data Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-01 21:26 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] wireless: wl1271: make ref_clock configurable by board Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-01 21:26 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] omap: zoom: add fixed regulator device for wlan Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-01 21:26 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] omap: zoom: add mmc3/wl1271 device support Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-15 9:21 ` [PATCH v5 0/7] native wl1271 support on ZOOM Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-09-15 11:08 ` Vitaly Wool
2010-09-15 13:21 ` John W. Linville
2010-09-15 16:34 ` Tony Lindgren
2010-09-15 16:46 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
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