linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ata: libahci: Use of_platform_device

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Message-ID: <20150131170812.GC3088@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:08:12 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ata: libahci: Use of_platform_device_create only if
 supported

On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 08:53:36AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> I agree, it is weird, as is the whole "all API functions associated
> with OF_ADDRESS are handled differently on sparc" thing. But that
> is neither new nor something I can fix.

Out of curiousity, why isn't the header file doing the following?

#ifdef CONFIG_OF_ADDRESS

void of_platform_device_create(blah);
...

#else

static inline void of_platform_device_create(blah)
{
}

#endif

-- 
tejun
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