linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] new helper to define common struct resource constructs

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Message-Id: <201107121529.17611.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:29:17 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	"Uwe Kleine-König" 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	thierry.nolf.barco@...il.com, Huang Shijie <b32955@...escale.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Lothar Waßmann <LW@...o-electronics.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] new helper to define common struct resource constructs

On Monday 11 July 2011, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> resource definitions that just define start, end and flags = IORESOURCE_MEM
> or IORESOURCE_IRQ (with start=end) are quite common. So introduce a shortcut
> for them. Also make available a macro to specify named resources of both
> types which are less common.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-KÃ¶nig <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

What do others think, is this worthwhile?
Should we also define macros for IORESOURCE_IO and IORESOURCE_DMA?

	Arnd
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