Re: [RFC PATCH] of: base: add support to get machine model name

[Sudeep Holla]

On 17/11/16 14:13, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday, November 17, 2016 2:08:30 PM CET Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > On 17/11/16 13:50, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > On Thursday, November 17, 2016 11:50:50 AM CET Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > > > Currently platforms/drivers needing to get the machine model name are
> > > > replicating the same snippet of code. In some case, the OF reference
> > > > counting is either missing or incorrect.
> > > >
> > > > This patch adds support to read the machine model name either using
> > > > the "model" or the "compatible" property in the device tree root node.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > I like the idea. One small comment:
> >
> > Thanks. I prefer it as single patch but it can't be applied to any tree.
> > Any suggestions on handling this patch to fix the warning in -next ?
> The patch that causes the warning is currently in the mmc tree, and I
> don't think it would be good to have your entire patch in there too.
>
> It's probably best to just fix the warning there now by adding another
> open-coded copy of that function, and then apply your patch on top
> for v4.11.

Sure, that's much simpler to deal with for now.

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Regards,
Sudeep