linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH next 1/2] gpio: pca953x: Get platform

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:40:43 -0500
From:	Nate Case <ncase@...-inc.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH next 1/2] gpio: pca953x: Get platform_data from
 OpenFirmware

On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 17:51 -0500, Nate Case wrote:
> On OpenFirmware platforms, it makes the most sense to get
> platform_data
> from the device tree.  Make an attempt to translate OF node properties
> into platform_data struct before bailing out.
> 
> Note that the implementation approach taken differs from other device
> drivers that make use of device tree information.  This is because I2C
> chips are already registered automatically by of_i2c, so we can get by
> with a small translator function in the driver.

Hmm..  this patch doesn't show up in patchwork.  Did it get missed
somehow?

-- 
Nate Case <ncase@...-inc.com>

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