Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from a OF node

From	Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from a OF node
Date	2015-10-23 02:00 +0200
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On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 03:03:37PM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> On 22 October 2015 at 03:06, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote:

> > Same question as from Greg: How does a subsystem know whether or not to use
> > this function?

> Maybe I don't understand the comment, but as the commit message says,
> subsystems can use this when looking up resources for drivers. Or you
> mean that this information should be in the API docs?

I'm pretty sure what he's suggesting here is changing to "should always"
(ie, explain the situations when a subsystem would do this, including
decision criteria if it's optional).

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Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from a OF node "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2015-10-22 02:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from  a OF node Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@collabora.com> - 2015-10-22 15:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from  a OF node Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2015-10-23 02:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from a OF node "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2015-10-24 16:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from a OF node "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2015-10-24 15:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from  a OF node Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2015-10-26 00:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from  a OF node Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2015-10-26 01:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from a OF node Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2015-10-26 01:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from  a OF node "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2015-10-26 03:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v6 04/22] of: add function to allow probing a device from  a OF node Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> - 2015-10-26 04:10 +0100

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