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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uio: uio_pdrv_genirq: Make UIO name controllable via DT node property
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:56:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190815205618.GA11877@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190811110213.5537-1-daniel@zonque.org>

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 01:02:13PM +0200, Daniel Mack wrote:
> When probed via DT, the uio_pdrv_genirq driver currently uses the name
> of the node and exposes that as name of the UIO device to userspace.
> 
> This doesn't work for systems where multiple nodes with the same name
> (but different unit addresses) are present, or for systems where the
> node names are auto-generated by a third-party tool.
> 
> This patch adds the possibility to read the UIO name from the optional
> "linux,uio-name" property.

Does that need to be documented anywhere?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2019-08-15 20:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-11 11:02 [PATCH] uio: uio_pdrv_genirq: Make UIO name controllable via DT node property Daniel Mack
2019-08-15 20:56 ` Greg KH [this message]
2019-08-15 21:27   ` Daniel Mack

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