linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] OF: Export all DT proc update functions

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Date:	Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:21:00 +0100
From:	Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Matt Porter <matt.porter@...aro.org>,
	Koen Kooi <koen@...inion.thruhere.net>,
	Alison Chaiken <Alison_Chaiken@...tor.com>,
	Dinh Nguyen <dinh.linux@...il.com>,
	Jan Lubbe <jluebbe@...net.de>,
	Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@....com>,
	Michael Stickel <ms@...able.de>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...il.com>,
	Alan Tull <delicious.quinoa@...il.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Michael Bohan <mbohan@...eaurora.org>,
	Ionut Nicu <ioan.nicu.ext@....com>,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	Matt Ranostay <mranostay@...il.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] OF: Export all DT proc update functions

Hi Grant,

On Nov 11, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Grant Likely wrote:

> On Tue,  5 Nov 2013 19:50:15 +0200, Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com> wrote:
>> There are other users for the proc DT functions.
>> Export them.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>
> 
> These are all very much internal DT APIs. There is no way that anything
> outside of drivers/of should ever be calling them. (In fact, I want to
> be rid of the /proc/devicetree implementation entirely and put it into
> sysfs, but that is a separate patch set). If they need to be broken out
> into a header file, can they be put into something like
> drivers/of/of_private.h?
> 

That's fine by me.

I can move them to of_private.h, no problem there.

> g.
> 

Regards

-- Pantelis

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