linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] remoteproc: maintain a generic child device for each rproc

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Message-ID: <4FF1F145.2050408@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:06:45 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Fernando Guzman Lugo <fernando.lugo@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] remoteproc: maintain a generic child device for each
 rproc

On 06/29/12 01:13, Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com> wrote:
>> In this case, I was more wondering between using a class to a device type.
>>
>>> I recall seeing a thread where
>>> someone said classes were on the way out and shouldn't be used but I
>>> can't find it anymore.
>> I also remembered a similar discussion at a plumbers mini-conf about
>> 2-3 years ago too, so I looked at device_type as an alternative to
>> class. The former looks somewhat simpler, but I couldn't find any
>> major advantage for using one over the other, and both seem to be in
>> use by many subsystems.
> Moving to device_type is so trivial that I gave it a spin (and moved
> to IDA too while at it):

Great! It looks like device_type doesn't have any list iteration support
though. Is that requirement gone? If that requirement is still there I
would think we need something like a class or bus still.

Will you resend this as part of a series? It will be easier to review then.

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