linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt: remove of_alias_get

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Date:	Thu, 4 Aug 2011 14:47:27 +0300
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	balbi@...com, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt: remove of_alias_get_id() reference

On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 12:42:41PM +0100, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 11:30:27AM +0100, Grant Likely wrote:
> >> of_alias_get_id() is broken and being reverted.  Remove the reference
> >> to it and replace with a single incrementing id number.
> >>
> >> There is no risk of regression here on the imx driver since the imx
> >> change to use of_alias_get_id() is commit 22698aa2, "serial/imx: add
> >> device tree probe support" which is new for v3.1, and it won't get
> >> used unless CONFIG_OF is enabled and the board is booted using a
> >> device tree.  A single incrementing integer is sufficient for now.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
> >> Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> I'm about to ask Linus to pull this patch through the devicetree/merge
> >> branch along with the of_alias revert.
> >>
> >>  drivers/tty/serial/imx.c |   13 ++++---------
> >>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
> >> index 827db76..7e91b3d 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
> >> @@ -1286,22 +1286,17 @@ static int serial_imx_resume(struct platform_device *dev)
> >>  static int serial_imx_probe_dt(struct imx_port *sport,
> >>               struct platform_device *pdev)
> >>  {
> >> +     static int portnum = 0;
> >
> > would it be better to use an IDR here ?
> 
> Hmmm, I've not looked at idr before.  Yes, it would probably be the
> right thing to do.  This patch is needed to fix a build failure, but
> when it is reworked for v3.2 I think idr should be considered.
> Thanks!

no problem ;-)

-- 
balbi

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