For use in commands like done in the follow-up commits, it can be useful
to have a best effort find_device, that not only finds by device name,
but also by device tree path or alias. Add such a helper.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/driver.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
include/driver.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 072870bea444..cbe1c974f4fe 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ LIST_HEAD(active_device_list);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(active_device_list);
static LIST_HEAD(deferred);
+struct device_d *find_device(const char *str)
+{
+ struct device_d *dev;
+ struct device_node *np;
+
+ dev = get_device_by_name(str);
+ if (dev)
+ return dev;
+
+ np = of_find_node_by_path_or_alias(NULL, str);
+ if (np)
+ return of_find_device_by_node(np);
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
struct device_d *get_device_by_name(const char *name)
{
struct device_d *dev;
diff --git a/include/driver.h b/include/driver.h
index 67ffbba6be80..543287a27638 100644
--- a/include/driver.h
+++ b/include/driver.h
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ struct device_d *get_device_by_type(ulong type, struct device_d *last);
struct device_d *get_device_by_id(const char *id);
struct device_d *get_device_by_name(const char *name);
+/* Find a device by name and if not found look up by device tree path
+ * or alias
+ */
+struct device_d *find_device(const char *str);
+
/* Find a free device id from the given template. This is archieved by
* appending a number to the template. Dynamically created devices should
* use this function rather than filling the id field themselves.
--
2.30.2
