From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:13:53 +0100 Subject: [RFC PATCH] of: base: add support to get machine model name In-Reply-To: <622ddcbc-69b9-98f2-51f3-e256764ecb93@arm.com> References: <1479383450-19183-1-git-send-email-sudeep.holla@arm.com> <3670336.mMHByOpDl4@wuerfel> <622ddcbc-69b9-98f2-51f3-e256764ecb93@arm.com> Message-ID: <2202339.ajrKjCY7Ro@wuerfel> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thursday, November 17, 2016 2:08:30 PM CET Sudeep Holla wrote: > On 17/11/16 13:50, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Thursday, November 17, 2016 11:50:50 AM CET Sudeep Holla wrote: > >> Currently platforms/drivers needing to get the machine model name are > >> replicating the same snippet of code. In some case, the OF reference > >> counting is either missing or incorrect. > >> > >> This patch adds support to read the machine model name either using > >> the "model" or the "compatible" property in the device tree root node. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla > > > > I like the idea. One small comment: > > > > Thanks. I prefer it as single patch but it can't be applied to any tree. > Any suggestions on handling this patch to fix the warning in -next ? > The patch that causes the warning is currently in the mmc tree, and I don't think it would be good to have your entire patch in there too. It's probably best to just fix the warning there now by adding another open-coded copy of that function, and then apply your patch on top for v4.11. Arnd