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Message-ID: <20110610165545.GA2753@acer>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:55:45 +0300
From: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@....fi>
To: H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
"kernel@...tstofly.org" <kernel@...tstofly.org>, rmallon@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] net: ep93xx_eth: pass struct device to DMA API
functions
On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 06:40:21PM -0500, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>
> I just noticed this macro in include/linux/netdevice.h
>
> /* Set the sysfs physical device reference for the network logical device
> * if set prior to registration will cause a symlink during initialization.
> */
> #define SET_NETDEV_DEV(net, pdev) ((net)->dev.parent = (pdev))
>
> Is there anyway you could use that macro in the probe to save the platform_device
> (with it's associated device) instead of introducing a new struct device * in the
> private data?
Nice finding, thanks.
I'll look into that and send new version of the whole series soon.
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