Hi, On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 01:02:18PM +1000, David Gibson wrote: > > That seems to be pretty straightforward to implement, and as soon as > > it is useful even for a couple of drivers, it worth adding it. > > > > It is anyway better than having to add a custom property to get the > > information we will miss otherwise. > > > > Moreover, since some drivers are relying on that call, it will avoid > > having to add extra code for nothing if CONFIG_OF is set. > > > > It will allow the driver to use a pretty standard API in anycase vs > > using platform_get_resource + some extra optional calls to of_ > > functions + some code to get the information for non-DT build. > > You don't need to add stuff to the DT to use the byname interface. > Really. All you need is a way for the driver (well match table entry, > really) to provide a list of names to attach to the reg entries in > order. the whole point of using *byname() is for the driver to not care about the order of the resources. So if driver has to provided an ordered list of names, what's the benefit ? Sounds really stupid to provide an ordered list of names to an ordered list of resources, just to use *byname() instead of just assuming the list of resources is already ordered. -- balbi
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