Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] of/property: Add of_fwnode_name()

[Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>]

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 10:14:49AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > I would prefer that we had something like of_node_name_get() function
> > that of_fwnode_get_name() could simply call. I don't know how you want
> > that implemented, but I'm expecting you will implement something like
> > that in any case once you start removing that ->name member. I figured
> > that at that point we can update of_fwnode_get_name() as well.
> 
> I don't plan to implement anything like that. Here's what I'm planning:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/robh/linux.git/log/?h=dt/testing
> 
> Which is eliminating the need to access .name by: using %pOFn (mostly
> in 4.20), using of_node_name_eq() wrapper, or using full_name instead.
> The last case generally is cases where the name is not important such
> as request_irq() or irq_chip.name.

OK. Thanks for the explanation.


thanks,

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heikki