From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org (Greg Kroah-Hartman)
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 17:02:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH RFC 1/7] platform: add a device node
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On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 09:44:25PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> When using Device Trees, it is necessary to associate a
> device node with a platform device.
> 
> Usually this device node has to used in the device probe
> function (e.g: to initizalize the pinctrl pads assocaited
> with the device).
> 
> So, platform code needs to pass a device node as a platform
> device info to the platform device registration function.

Really?  We don't already have enough other pointers in the platform
device structure that we need another one?

I don't buy it, sorry.  Any reason you didn't run this by Grant as well?

greg k-h