linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] of: Make of_find_node_by_path() traverse /aliases for relative paths.

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Date:	Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:36:33 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ddaney.cavm@...il.com
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	david.daney@...ium.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] of: Make of_find_node_by_path() traverse
 /aliases for relative paths.

From: David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:21:04 -0800

> Currently all paths passed to of_find_node_by_path() must begin with a
> '/', indicating a full path to the desired node.
> 
> Augment the look-up code so that if a path does *not* begin with '/',
> the path is used as the name of an /aliases property.  The value of
> this alias is then used as the full node path to be found.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>

But as the caller you sure as hell know whether you have a "/"
prefixed name or not.

Why complicate an incredibly well designed and simple function for
something you can create another interface for?
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