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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jon Mason <jon.mason@broadcom.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: Add ability to find resource by name or index
Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 07:42:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170509054207.GA23070@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1494280788-9588-1-git-send-email-jon.mason@broadcom.com>

On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 05:59:48PM -0400, Jon Mason wrote:
> It is not always possible to find a resource via the name.  This may be
> due to using previous versions of device tree without the names or using
> ACPI.  To allow for resources to be discovered by either the name or the
> index, a wrapper was created.  It attempts to find the resource via
> name, and if unable to find the resource, will then attempt to find the
> resource via index.
> 
> Suggested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@broadcom.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/platform_device.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

Do you have any users for this new function?  We don't like adding apis
without them...

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2017-05-09  5:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-08 21:59 [PATCH] driver core: platform: Add ability to find resource by name or index Jon Mason
2017-05-09  5:42 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2017-05-09 22:24   ` Jon Mason

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