netdev - Re: [PATCH] smc91c92_cs: use request

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Date:	Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:28:14 +0200
From:	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:	Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder@...radead.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, dahinds@...rs.sourceforge.net,
	becker@...ld.com, x-csrdh@....edu.au, erik@...edu,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smc91c92_cs: use request_firmware

Hi,

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 08:22:21PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh wrote:
> +static int osi_load_firmware(struct pcmcia_device *link)
> +{
> +	struct platform_device *pdev;
> +	const struct firmware *fw;
> +	const char fw_name[] = "ositech/Xilinx7OD.bin"; 
> +	int i, err;
> + 
> +	pdev = platform_device_register_simple("ositech", 0, NULL, 0);

Why do we need a platform_device here? Can't we just use the pcmcia device
(so &link->dev) here?

Thanks,
	Dominik
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