Re: [PATCH net-next v4 05/10] drivers: base: Add device_find_in_class_name()

[Florian Fainelli]

On 01/17/2017 03:34 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Add a helper function to lookup a device reference given a class name.
>> This is a preliminary patch to remove adhoc code from net/dsa/dsa.c and
>> make it more generic.
> 
> 
>> +static int device_class_name_match(struct device *dev, void *class)
> 
> And why not const char *class?

This was raised back in v2, and the same response applies:

https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg147559.html

Changing the signature of a callback is out of the scope of this patch
series.
-- 
Florian