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From: David Jander <david.jander@protonic.nl>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: David Jander <david@protonic.nl>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] Input: gpio_keys.c: Simplify platform_device -> device casting
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:52:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110620085213.1e506cdd@archvile> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110618101925.GC2401@core.coreip.homeip.net>


Hi Dmitry,

On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:19:25 -0700
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:08:09AM +0200, David Jander wrote:
> > This patch factors out the use of struct platform_device *pdev in most
> > places.
> > 
> 
> Why? We are dealing with a platform device so why would we switch to
> generic device?

Actually, when I wrote this patch there still was a difference between
the platform bus and the of_platform bus, and this change was necessary. There
also were ifdefs around platform_driver_register and
of_platform_driver_register. Now it seems this has been merged, and I am
not sure it is necessary anymore, but I still think it simplifies the code
quite a bit. Also, why should the driver be bus-dependent, when it doesn't
even need a real "bus" (it talks to an abstract device through another driver,
potentially connected to any bus), besides due to how linux views devices and
drivers.

> I also think that we should not be mixing dev_get/set_drvdata() and
> <bus>_get/set_drvdata() calls

AFAICS, we are not mixing.... it is dev_*_drvdata() only.

> but rather use appropriate bus-specific version to access data on given
> layer.

Doesn't that make the driver much too complex? And why would that be
necessary? The driver isn't bus-specific anymore... except for the binding and
probing part.

Best regards,

-- 
David Jander
Protonic Holland.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-20  6:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-14  9:08 [PATCH v4 0/3] Input: gpio_keys.c: Add support for OF and I2C GPIO chips David Jander
2011-06-14  9:08 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] Input: gpio_keys.c: Simplify platform_device -> device casting David Jander
2011-06-16 19:28   ` Grant Likely
2011-06-18 10:19   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-06-20  6:52     ` David Jander [this message]
2011-06-20  8:32       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-06-14  9:08 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] Input: gpio_keys.c: Added support for device-tree platform data David Jander
2011-06-16 19:25   ` Grant Likely
2011-06-17  8:58     ` David Jander
2011-06-17 12:54       ` Grant Likely
2011-06-23  8:24         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-06-23  8:55           ` David Jander
2011-06-14  9:08 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] Input: gpio_keys.c: Enable use with non-local GPIO chips David Jander
2011-06-16 19:27   ` Grant Likely
2011-06-18 10:17     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-06-18 13:18       ` Grant Likely
2011-06-18 14:51         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-06-18 15:16           ` Grant Likely
2011-06-20  7:48             ` David Jander
2011-06-20  8:45               ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-06-20  9:33                 ` David Jander
2011-06-20 18:49                   ` Grant Likely
2011-06-20 18:13                 ` Grant Likely
2011-06-21 11:46                 ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                   ` <BANLkTikjUR_9wq_tGfomLZNdurvmEH1Jxw@mail.gmail.com>
2011-06-21 14:36                     ` David Jander
2011-06-21 17:27                     ` Mark Brown
2011-06-21 20:48                       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-06-21 23:02                         ` Mark Brown
2011-06-22  6:11                           ` David Jander
2011-06-22  7:00                           ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-06-22 11:38                             ` Mark Brown
2011-06-22 14:58                               ` Grant Likely
2011-06-22 21:43                                 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-06-20 17:03         ` H Hartley Sweeten
2011-06-20 18:20           ` Grant Likely
2011-06-21  6:55             ` David Jander
2011-06-21  7:04               ` Grant Likely
2012-03-16  7:20   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-03-16  8:17     ` David Jander
2012-03-16  8:32       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2012-03-16  8:48         ` David Jander
2012-03-16 10:19           ` Ben Dooks
2012-03-16 10:18     ` Ben Dooks
2012-03-16 11:08       ` David Jander

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