Re: [PATCH v3] hwspinlock/msm: Add support for Qualcomm MSM HWMutex block
From: Pawel Moll
Date: Mon Aug 19 2013 - 07:13:06 EST
On Fri, 2013-08-16 at 23:54 +0100, Stephen Warren wrote:
> Indeed, I tend to think that reg-names is a bad idea.
>
> IIRC, the rule for "reg" is that entries must always have a defined
> order, so that it can always be accessed by integer index.
First time I hear about that rule, really...
> And given
> that's true, allowing for reg-names just creates confusion since it
> implies you can look up the index in reg-names and then read reg at that
> index.
I actually believe that named resources leave less are for error than
indexed ones. And this is the message I remember being "spread" in the
times of static platform devices.
Pawel
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