linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] hwspinlock/msm: Add support for Qualcomm MSM HW Mutex block

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Message-ID: <1376910775.3157.1.camel@hornet>
Date:	Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:12:55 +0100
From:	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
Cc:	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	"ohad@...ery.com" <ohad@...ery.com>,
	"rob.herring@...xeda.com" <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	"grant.likely@...aro.org" <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@...eaurora.org>,
	Eric Holmberg <eholmber@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] hwspinlock/msm: Add support for Qualcomm MSM HW
 Mutex block

On Fri, 2013-08-16 at 23:54 +0100, Stephen Warren wrote:
> Indeed, I tend to think that reg-names is a bad idea.
> 
> IIRC, the rule for "reg" is that entries must always have a defined
> order, so that it can always be accessed by integer index. 

First time I hear about that rule, really...

> And given
> that's true, allowing for reg-names just creates confusion since it
> implies you can look up the index in reg-names and then read reg at that
> index.

I actually believe that named resources leave less are for error than
indexed ones. And this is the message I remember being "spread" in the
times of static platform devices.

Pawel


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