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Date:	Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:11:47 -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,
	Sjur Brændeland 
	<sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>,
	Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@...ricsson.com>,
	Ludovic BARRE <ludovic.barre@...ricsson.com>,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	Fernando Guzman Lugo <fernando.lugo@...com>,
	Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>, Mark Grosen <mgrosen@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remoteproc: remove the get_by_name/put API

On 07/02/12 13:10, Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote:
> Remove rproc_get_by_name() and rproc_put(), and the associated
> remoteproc infrastructure that supports it (i.e. klist and friends),
> because:
>
> 1. No one uses them
> 2. Using them is highly discouraged, and any potential user
>    will be deeply scrutinized and encouraged to move.
>
> If a user, that absolutely can't live with the direct boot/shutdown
> model, does show up one day, then bringing this functionality back
> is going to be trivial.
>
> At this point though, keeping this functionality around is way too
> much of a maintenance burden.
>

Acked-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>

> Cc: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>
> Cc: Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@...ricsson.com>
> Cc: Ludovic BARRE <ludovic.barre@...ricsson.com>
> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
> Cc: Fernando Guzman Lugo <fernando.lugo@...com>
> Cc: Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>
> Cc: Mark Grosen <mgrosen@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>
>
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