Re: drivers: Provide devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname()

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sat Jun 15 2019 - 04:49:23 EST




On Fri, 14 Jun 2019, Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> I don't like adding new apis with no user.
> >
> > Perhaps Jack Ping will send it as a first patch of his series where he utilizes
> > this functionality. Would it be acceptable?
>
> The proposed function can get wider application in a reasonable time frame
> if a corresponding script for the semantic patch language (Coccinelle software)
> would perform an automatic source code conversion (for example)
> according to your change acceptance.
> How do you think about to support a bit more collateral software evolution?

Why don't you just do what is asked for?

julia