Hi Pantelis,
On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Pantelis Antoniou
<pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sep 21, 2015, at 15:35 , Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Pantelis Antoniou
>> <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Changesets are very powerful, but the lack of a helper API
>>> makes using them cumbersome. Introduce a simple copy based
>>> API that makes things considerably easier.
>>>
>>> To wit, adding a property using the raw API.
>>>
>>> struct property *prop;
>>> prop = kzalloc(sizeof(*prop)), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> prop->name = kstrdup("compatible");
>>> prop->value = kstrdup("foo,bar");
>>> prop->length = strlen(prop->value) + 1;
>>> of_changeset_add_property(ocs, np, prop);
>>>
>>> while using the helper API
>>>
>>> of_changeset_add_property_string(ocs, np, "compatible",
>>> "foo,bar");
>>
>> What about removing properties?
>
> Once upon a time there was that capability. It was removed after we didn’t have
> a good use for them yet. Do you have any? I’d be happy to re-add it :)
Aliases?
If an overlay removes e.g. a serial port, it should remove its alias, too.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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