Re: [PATCH 1/2] of: base: add support to get machine model name

[Frank Rowand]

On 11/18/16 06:46, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 03:32:54PM +0000, 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
>> to the core OF/DT code.
>>
>> This can be used to remove all the duplicate code snippets doing exactly
>> same thing later.
>>
>> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/of/base.c  | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/linux/of.h |  6 ++++++
>>  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
>>
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> It would be good if we can target this for v4.10, so that we have no
>> dependencies to push PATCH 2/2 in v4.11
> 
> Applied.
> 
> Rob
> 

A little fast on the trigger Rob.

-Frank