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Message-Id: <1163483414.5940.110.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:50:13 +1100
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Use dev_sysdata for ACPI and remove firmware_data
> device.firmware_data was born when we went to link Linux devices
> and ACPI devices using device.platform_data and found it was already used.
> You recommended we create a new field to avoid the conflict, and
> IIR the discussion suggested that eventually device.platform_data use
> would get cleaned up and the fields could perhaps some day be combined.
>
> I don't know if we are any closer to that day, before or after this change.
I've audited use of platform data and plan to get rid of it too :-)
(Or actually move it to platform_device where it belongs and fix other
abusers)
> However, I'm fine with Ben's re-name -- it changes no functionality on ACPI-enabled
> systems while potentially deleting an unused pointer/dev on other architectures.
>
> Please ship his patch #2 along with patch #1 that it depends on.
>
> Acked-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Excellent, thanks !
Cheers,
Ben.
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