Messages in this thread | | | From | Jon Mason <> | Date | Tue, 9 May 2017 18:24:19 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: Add ability to find resource by name or index |
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On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 1:42 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > 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...
That is fair. I currently only have one for an Ethernet device (as I am early in my ACPI enablement on this platform). There could possibly be more. So, I'll wait until I'm finished and push them as a series (unless you would prefer that I send what I have now and follow-on as I come across them).
Thanks, Jon
> > thanks, > > greg k-h
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