Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:50:32 +0100
From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Minor change to platform_device_register_simple
 prototype
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Hi Russell,

> On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 09:23:37PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > The name parameter of platform_device_register_simple should be of
> > type const char * instead of char *, as we simply pass it to
> > platform_device_alloc, where it has type const char *.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
> 
> However, I've been wondering whether we want to keep this "simple"
> interface around long-term given that we now have a more flexible
> platform device allocation interface - I don't particularly like
> having superfluous interfaces for folk to get confused with.

What is the new preferred interface? Is it already in mainline or only
in -mm? I am writing a new platform driver, and am using
platform_device_interface_simple for now. It works just fine, but if
it is going to be deprecated soon, I better update my driver before I
submit it for inclusion.

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare
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