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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] Consolidate of_find_property
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:02:09 +0200
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Don't top-post.  Thank you.

> Can't the ata/ATA thing be fixed by simply fixing device trees where it
> happens? strncmp seems the standards-compliant route to take..

Sure it can.  But for now, strcasecmp() is the
best route to take, at least for powerpc (it
preserves the existing behaviour).  Can't change
everything at once, every single change can
potentially break some platforms.  One step at a
time.


Segher