netdev - RE: [PATCH 2/3] gianfar_ptp: fix endianness in get_of

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:23:10 +0000
From:	Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@...escale.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/3] gianfar_ptp: fix endianness in get_of_u32()

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cochran [mailto:richardcochran@...il.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 4:36 PM
> To: Yangbo Lu
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; Claudiu Manoil
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] gianfar_ptp: fix endianness in get_of_u32()
> 
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 02:49:32PM +0800, Yangbo Lu wrote:
> > @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int get_of_u32(struct device_node *node,
> > char *str, u32 *val)
> >
> >  	if (!prop || plen != sizeof(*prop))
> >  		return -1;
> > -	*val = *prop;
> > +	*val = be32_to_cpu(*prop);
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> 
> Why not simply replace get_of_u32 with the standard helper function,
> of_property_read_u32?

[Lu Yangbo-B47093] Thank you for your suggestion. I even didn't know this function.
Will use it in v2 patchset.

> 
> Thanks,
> Richard