linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86, pci sta2x11-fixup: add function to access sta2x11 instance id

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Message-Id: <201303081613.34371.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:13:34 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Davide Ciminaghi <ciminaghi@...dd.com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	x86@...nel.org, rubini@...dd.com, sameo@...ux.intel.com,
	giancarlo.asnaghi@...com, mturquette@...aro.org,
	linus.walleij@...aro.org, rob.herring@...xeda.com,
	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86, pci sta2x11-fixup: add function to access sta2x11 instance id

On Friday 08 March 2013, Davide Ciminaghi wrote:
> 
> The sta2x11 instance id will be included in clock names to make them
> unique in case of multiple sta2x11's living on the same machine.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Davide Ciminaghi <ciminaghi@...dd.com>

I might be missing something, but this seems counterintuitive. Shouldn't
the clock names really be constant and independent of the instance?

The instance should be identified already by the dev_name, right?

	Arnd
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