Re: Re[2]: Where did find_bus() go in 2.6.18?

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Mon Nov 20 2006 - 03:35:48 EST


On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 02:13 +0200, Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
> Hello Jiri,
>
> Monday, November 20, 2006, 1:45:51 AM, you wrote:
>
> > Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
> >> But alas, the commit message is not as good as some others are, and
> >> doesn't mention what should be used instead. So, if find_bus() is
> >> "unused", what should be used instead?
>
> > You should probably mention what for?
>
> Indeed, I'm sorry! Looking at find_bus()'s docstring:
>
> /**
> * find_bus - locate bus by name.
> * @name: name of bus.
>
> So well, I'd like to know exactly that - what function should be
> used instead of find_bus() to locate bus by name.

I think the question more was "what do you need to look up a bus by name
for in the kernel"? Like.. what are you trying to achieve? What module
is this for? (does it have a homepage where people can download the
source etc so that they can give you a more informed answer)....


>
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