linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] usb: ohci-da8xx: Remove clock code that references mach

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Message-ID: <56E99F38.2050306@lechnology.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:00:24 -0500
From:	David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
	Bin Liu <b-liu@...com>, Petr Kulhavy <petr@...ix.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] usb: ohci-da8xx: Remove clock code that references
 mach

On 03/16/2016 09:50 AM, Alan Stern wrote:

> Is it theoretically impossible for a da8xx platform to have more than
> one OHCI controller?
>
> If it isn't, you better not use static variables to hold per-device
> data.

Yes, it is theoretically impossible, but probably better to not use 
static variables anyway.