Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] device property: Implement device_is_big_endian()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Dec 07 2023 - 09:28:41 EST


On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 03:21:29PM -0500, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 03:58:54PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 10:08 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 4:33 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 03:27:30PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 07:25:35AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 09:42:57PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > > > Some users want to use the struct device pointer to see if the
> > > > > > > device is big endian in terms of Open Firmware specifications,
> > > > > > > i.e. if it has a "big-endian" property, or if the kernel was
> > > > > > > compiled for BE *and* the device has a "native-endian" property.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Provide inline helper for the users.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you, Greg.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bart, would it be still possible to take this into next?
> > > > > I would like to have at least this patch applied (with the first user)
> > > > > to allow conversion of others (I have some more users of new API).
> > > >
> > > > Okay, seems we missed v6.7 with this, can you then prepare an immutable
> > > > branch / tag with this, so other maintainers can pull in case it's needed?
> > > > (I have something against tty already and perhaps something else, let's
> > > > see.)
> > >
> > > It arrived too late in the cycle, I needed to send my PR earlier this
> > > time as I was OoO this week.
> >
> > Greg, will you take this patch through your tree and provide me with
> > an immutable tag for this cycle?
>
> Sure, let me catch up with patches after I return from Plumbers next
> week.

Hope Plumbers went well!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko