Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750807AbVKERUE (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Nov 2005 12:20:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750826AbVKERUE (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Nov 2005 12:20:04 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:6666 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750807AbVKERUB (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Nov 2005 12:20:01 -0500 Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:19:55 +0000 From: Russell King To: Greg KH Cc: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: [PATCH] [DRIVER MODEL] Improved dynamically allocated platform_device interface Message-ID: <20051105171955.GA12228@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Greg KH , Linux Kernel List References: <20051105105628.GE28438@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20051105154210.GA20598@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051105154210.GA20598@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1380 Lines: 41 On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 07:42:10AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 10:56:28AM +0000, Russell King wrote: > > Re-jig the simple platform device support to allow private data > > to be attached to a platform device, as well as allowing the > > parent device to be set. > > > > Example usage: > > > > pdev = platform_device_alloc("mydev", id); > > if (pdev) { > > err = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, &resources, > > ARRAY_SIZE(resources)); > > if (err == 0) > > err = platform_device_add_data(pdev, &platform_data, > > sizeof(platform_data)); > > if (err == 0) > > err = platform_device_add(pdev); > > } else { > > err = -ENOMEM; > > } > > if (err) > > platform_device_put(pdev); > > > > Signed-off-by: Russell King > > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > These look great, want me to add them to my tree and get them to Linus > before 2.6.15? I'm also happy to add them to my tree. Are you okay with that? -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/