linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: Add ability to find resource by name or index

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Message-ID: <20170509054207.GA23070@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 May 2017 07:42:07 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: Add ability to find resource by
 name or index

On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 05:59:48PM -0400, Jon Mason wrote:
> It is not always possible to find a resource via the name.  This may be
> due to using previous versions of device tree without the names or using
> ACPI.  To allow for resources to be discovered by either the name or the
> index, a wrapper was created.  It attempts to find the resource via
> name, and if unable to find the resource, will then attempt to find the
> resource via index.
> 
> Suggested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/platform_device.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

Do you have any users for this new function?  We don't like adding apis
without them...

thanks,

greg k-h