Mikael Pettersson wrote: > Eric Miao writes: > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Kevin Hilman > > <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On ARM platforms, power management can be very platform specific. > > > This patch allows ARM subarches to extend the platform_device > > > pdev_archdata for each subarch by creating a new struct pdev_machdata > > > and allowing each subarch to customize it as needed. > > > > > > As a starting point, each subarch's <mach/device.h> creates an empty > > > struct pdev_machdata. > > > > > > > Shouldn't that pdev_archdata and pdev_machdata be pointer or something > > so that multiple platform_device can share something in common? > > Forcing it to be a pointer has allocation and lifetime implications. > Making it a struct allows the subarch to duplicate or share > (via a private pointer) data as it sees fit. Yes, the allocation/lifetime issues were why a struct was chosen. Kevin _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
