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From: Arnaud Patard (Rtp) <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:26:20 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] ARM i.MX51: Add IPU device support
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Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> writes:

Hi,

> On Thursday 09 December 2010, Sascha Hauer wrote:
>> +#define imx51_add_ipuv3(pdata) \
>> +       imx_add_ipuv3(&imx51_ipuv3_data, pdata)
>
> This looks  like a pointless abstraction, it does not make
> the code smaller or easier to read. I know it's sometimes
> tempting to use macros, but in most cases, you should try
> not to.
>

it's how things have been handled atm in the imx code. I don't have
any preference on this at all but at least either we go on with it 
or we get rid of all theses #defines. It's a matter of consistency.
The thing is that I would consider removing the imx*add* stuff to be
a cleanup and should be done in a different patch, not in a patchset
adding IPU support for imx51.

Anyway, let's wait for Sascha's point of view, he knows the imx stuff
far better than me.

Arnaud