Re: [PATCH 2/3] net/fec: add device tree support

[Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>]

On Sunday 19 June 2011 13:39:32 Greg Ungerer wrote:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_OF
> > +static const struct of_device_id fec_dt_ids[] = {
> > +     { .compatible = "fsl,fec", .data =&fec_devtype[0], },
> > +     {},
> > +};
> > +
> > +static const struct of_device_id *
> > +fec_get_of_device_id(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > +{
> > +     return of_match_device(fec_dt_ids,&pdev->dev);
> > +}
> > +#else
> > +#define fec_dt_ids NULL
> > +static inline struct of_device_id *
> > +fec_get_of_device_id(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > +{
> > +     return NULL;
> > +}
> > +#endif
> > +
> >   static unsigned char macaddr[ETH_ALEN];
> >   module_param_array(macaddr, byte, NULL, 0);
> >   MODULE_PARM_DESC(macaddr, "FEC Ethernet MAC address");
> > @@ -1363,6 +1385,11 @@ fec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >       struct net_device *ndev;
> >       int i, irq, ret = 0;
> >       struct resource *r;
> > +     const struct of_device_id *of_id;
> > +
> > +     of_id = fec_get_of_device_id(pdev);
> 
> fec_get_of_device_id() is defined inside of "#ifdef CONFIG_OF". This
> use of it will break compilation when this is not defined.
> 


Why? Note the #else path defining an empty function.

	Arnd