[PATCH 1/4] OF: Add helper for matching against linux, stdout-path

[grant.likely@secretlab.ca (Grant Likely)]

On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:41:38 +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> wrote:
> On 18:03 Wed 21 Nov     , Grant Likely wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
> > <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> wrote:
> > > From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
> > >
> > > devicetrees may have a linux,stdout-path or stdout-path property
> > > in the chosen node describing the console device. This adds a helper
> > > function to match a device against this property and retrieve the options
> > > so a driver can call add_preferred_console for a matching device.
> > 
> > NIce. Looks like the right behaviour, but is a little inefficient.
> > Since the stdout property doesn't change this code could be called
> > once right after the tree is unflattened and then cache the pointer to
> > the node anarguments. Can you add the code to of_alias_scan()?
> do we assume that we can have only one stdout-path?
> 
> I think we could have more serial, framebuffer console

Nope. stdout-path as currently defined is only one device. Someone would
need to propose an extension for multiple stdout's before I'd bother
trying to support that.

g.