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| From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: Add ability to find resource by name or index |
| Date | 2017-05-09 07:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tF6c1-5O4-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tEZ0S-1js-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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
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[PATCH] driver core: platform: Add ability to find resource by name or index Jon Mason <jon.mason@broadcom.com> - 2017-05-09 00:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: Add ability to find resource by name or index Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-09 07:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: Add ability to find resource by name or index Jon Mason <jon.mason@broadcom.com> - 2017-05-10 00:30 +0200
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