Re: [PATCH v3 07/10] ata: pata_platform: Merge pata_of_platform into pata_platform

[Sergey Shtylyov]

On 12/27/21 11:54 PM, Sergey Shtylyov wrote:

[...]
>> ...
>>
>>> +       if ((pdev->num_resources != 3) && (pdev->num_resources != 2)) {
>>> +               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid number of resources\n");
>>> +               return -EINVAL;
>>
>> return dev_err_probe(); ?
>>
>>> +       }
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> +       if (!dev_of_node(&pdev->dev))
>>> +               ret = pata_platform_get_pdata(pdev, priv);
>>> +       else
>>> +               ret = pata_of_platform_get_pdata(pdev, priv);
>>
>> What the difference between them?
> 
>    One parses DT props into the private structure, the other inits this structure without DT...
> 
>> Can't you unify them and leave only
>> DT related part separately?
> 
>    He can't -- grep *defconfig for PATA_PLATFORM=, please.

   I take it back -- I think I misunderstood. :-)

> [...]

MBR, Sergey