Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Bluetooth: Add device_get_bd_address()
From: Marcel Holtmann
Date: Mon Oct 15 2018 - 14:06:08 EST
Hi Matthias,
>>>> void bt_sock_reclassify_lock(struct sock *sk, int proto);
>>>>
>>>> +int device_get_bd_address(struct device *dev, bdaddr_t *bd_addr);
>>>
>>> Maybe change the API name to start with bt_ and get rid of device_?
>>
>> device_ indicates that we get the BD_ADDR for a 'struct device' and
>> not for e.g. a 'struct fwnode_handle'.
>>
>> Anyway with this version of the patch fwnode_get_bd_address() has been
>> scrapped and it might never be introduced again, so I'm open to change
>> the name to bt_ if there is a general preference for it.
>
> Marcel, can you live with this being added to the Bluetooth code base
> instead of property? Also if you'd prefer the function to be named
> bt_get_bd_address() let me know.
explain to me again why this is useful? I am failing to see the benefit if this is not part of the property.h API.
Regards
Marcel