From: Michal Simek <monstr-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
To: Rob Herring <robherring2-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: OF_DYNAMIC usage
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:41:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FF67A70.6010709@monstr.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FF594AD.6000401-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On 07/05/2012 03:20 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On 07/05/2012 07:21 AM, Michal Simek wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> can someone tell me usage of OF_DYNAMIC?
>> How this can be used by user?
>>
>> Is it possible to exchange device node?
>> Add new one, delete one, etc?
>>
>> Any user guide/log will be helpful to see what I can do with it.
>
> 2nd question on OF_DYNAMIC in a week... I haven't really looked at it. I
> would suggest looking at the existing users (only powerpc iseries and
> pseries). My concern using would be that the reference counting is not
> correct for many drivers as of_node_get/put is a nop without OF_DYNAMIC.
Agree, I know that reference counting is not correct for many drivers.
Thanks,
Michal
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-05 12:21 OF_DYNAMIC usage Michal Simek
[not found] ` <4FF586D1.2050407-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-05 13:20 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <4FF594AD.6000401-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-05 20:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2012-07-06 6:03 ` Michal Simek
[not found] ` <4FF67F96.1040902-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-06 6:19 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2012-07-06 6:51 ` Michal Simek
[not found] ` <4FF68ADE.3060609-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-06 7:08 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2012-07-06 8:02 ` Michal Simek
[not found] ` <4FF69B83.3000400-pSz03upnqPeHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-06 8:10 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2012-07-06 8:18 ` Michal Simek
2012-07-06 17:57 ` Stephen Neuendorffer
2012-07-06 5:41 ` Michal Simek [this message]
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