[PATCH 1/1] dt: Add general DMA window parser

[thierry.reding@avionic-design.de (Thierry Reding)]

* Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 04/18/2012 04:19 AM, Hiroshi Doyu wrote:
> 
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] dt: Add general DMA window parser
> > 
> > This code was stolen from:
> > 	"arch/microblaze/kernel/prom_parse.c"
> > 	"arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_parse.c"
> > 
> > Once "ibm," prefix is removed from dts file. This generic one could
> > replace the originals.
> 
> > +extern void of_parse_dma_window(struct device_node *dn,
> > +		       const void *dma_window_prop, unsigned long *busno,
> > +			       unsigned long *phys, unsigned long *size);
> 
> At least some other of_*() parsing functions take the property name
> rather than the property pointer, and also take an index into the
> property in order to support multiple entries in it. See for example
> of_parse_phandle and of_get_named_gpio_flags. Should this new API be
> similar? E.g.:
> 
> extern void of_parse_dma_window(struct device_node *np,
> 			const char *propname, int index,
> 			unsigned long *busno,
> 			unsigned long *phys, unsigned long *size);

In that case the function should return int for proper error handling.

Thierry
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