Re: [PATCH 2/6 v2] crypto:s5p-sss: Add device tree support

Sachin Kamat
2014-01-10T06:20:14Z

Hi Naveen,

On 10 January 2014 11:37, Naveen Krishna Ch <naveenkrishna.ch@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Tomasz,
>

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>>> *pdev)
>>> static struct platform_driver s5p_aes_crypto = {
>>> .probe = s5p_aes_probe,
>>> .remove = s5p_aes_remove,
>>> + .id_table = s5p_sss_ids,
>>> .driver = {
>>> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
>>> .name = "s5p-secss",
>>> + .of_match_table = s5p_sss_dt_match,
>>
>>
>> .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(s5p_sss_dt_match),
> I dint use it, Some time back there was a patchset from Sachin
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/9/28/61
> Please suggest me on this.

In those cases the structure was always compiled in. i.e., it was not protected
by #ifdef CONFIG_OF. Hence use of of_match_ptr was not required. of_match_ptr
abstracts this check depending on OF is enabled or not. In the case of
this (sss) driver,
since you are using CONFIG_OF to selectively compile out the code (and esp.
s5p_sss_dt_match structure), use of of_match_ptr will make the code
simpler as it
avoids the use of a dummy structure definition (the #else part of the
struct definition) when OF is
disabled. Hope this clarifies.

--
With warm regards,
Sachin