linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi, property: Export acpi_dev_prop_read

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Message-ID: <55C212F6.40504@linaro.org>
Date:	Wed, 05 Aug 2015 15:43:18 +0200
From:	Tomasz Nowicki <tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Robert Richter <rrichter@...ium.com>,
	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi, property: Export acpi_dev_prop_read_single call.

On 05.08.2015 15:48, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 04, 2015 04:01:59 PM David Daney wrote:
>> From: Tomasz Nowicki <tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org>
>>
>> Fixes the following build error when building drivers as modules:
>>
>>   ERROR: "acpi_dev_prop_read_single" [drivers/net/phy/mdio-octeon.ko] undefined!
>>   ERROR: "acpi_dev_prop_read_single" [drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.ko] undefined!
>
> Can you please tell me why the drivers in question use that function
> directly, although they aren't supposed to?
>
> Clearly, their authors had not tried to build them as modules or they
> would have noticed the problem at the development stage already.
>
> What would be wrong with using the generic device properties API instead?
>
Yes, you are right. We should use:
int device_property_read_u64_array(struct device *dev, const char 
*propname, u64 *val, size_t nval);

Regards,
Tomasz

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