Re: [PATCH] Driver core: add bus_find_device_by_of_node

[Silesh C V]

Hello Rafael,

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 1:06 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 7:43 AM Silesh C V <svellattu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Similar to bus_find_device_by_name, but finds the device having a
> > specific of_node.
>
> First, what do you need it for?  Please describe your use case in the changelog.

This will be useful for drivers that do not register a platform_driver
(but retrieve the "simple-bus" device_node using
of_find_compatible_node etc.) but are still interested in the struct
device.

>
> Second, what about a more generic bus_find_device_by_fwnode() ?

If you think that the above requirement warrants the inclusion of
bus_find_device_by_of_node, I can try implementing this in v2.

Thanks.

Regards,
Silesh