linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] parport: Remove attach function pointer

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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:01:50 +0100
From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To: linux@...blig.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: arnd@...db.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-parport@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] parport: Remove attach function pointer

On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 04:48:22PM +0100, linux@...blig.org wrote:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
> 
> The attach function pointers haven't actually been called since:
>   'commit 3275158fa52a ("parport: remove use of devmodel")'
> topped adding entries to the drivers list.
> 
> If you're converting a driver, look at the 'match_port' function
> pointer instead.
> 
> (There are lots of comment references to 'attach' all over, but they
> probably need some deeper understanding to check the semantics
> to see if they can be replaced by match_port).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@...blig.org>

Acked-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>

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Regards
Sudip