Re: [RFC PATCH 3/4] PLATFORM: Introduce async platform_data attachapi

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:32:27PM +0000, Andy Green wrote:
> This introduces a platform API so busses can allow platform_data to
> be attached to any struct device they create from probing in one step.
> 
> The function checks through the async platform_data map if one was
> previously registered, and checks the device's device path for itself
> and its parents against the mapped device path names.
> 
> If it sees a match, it attaches the associated platform_data and sets
> that map entry's device_path to NULL so no further time is spent trying
> to match it.

This _really_ should just use the device tree stuff, that is what it is
for, please don't duplicate it here in a not-as-flexible way.

Why wouldn't that work for you instead for this type of thing?

thanks,

greg k-h
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