Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] device property: Implement device_is_big_endian()

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 04:58:53PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 05:33:40PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 03:27:30PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 07:25:35AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 09:42:57PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > Some users want to use the struct device pointer to see if the
> > > > > device is big endian in terms of Open Firmware specifications,
> > > > > i.e. if it has a "big-endian" property, or if the kernel was
> > > > > compiled for BE *and* the device has a "native-endian" property.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Provide inline helper for the users.
> > > > 
> > > > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Thank you, Greg.
> > > 
> > > Bart, would it be still possible to take this into next?
> > > I would like to have at least this patch applied (with the first user)
> > > to allow conversion of others (I have some more users of new API).
> > 
> > Okay, seems we missed v6.7 with this, can you then prepare an immutable
> > branch / tag with this, so other maintainers can pull in case it's needed?
> > (I have something against tty already and perhaps something else, let's
> >  see.)
> 
> After -rc1 is out, I'll look into it, can't do anything until then,
> sorry...

No problem, this is actually a great news!


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko