Re: [patch 2.6.30-rc3] platform_bus: remove "whichplatform_data?" confusion

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 07:43:40PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> From: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Recent patches have caused platform_device_add_pdata() users
> to trigger confused "use which platform_data?" error messages
> from the kernel.  ("The _only_ one you were given, dummy!" is
> the correct answer.)
> 
> This patch fixes those messages so they only appear if there's
> reason to be confused.  (The call should probably fail too...)
> 
> Those patches seem to support what I think is a misguided
> notion:  that somehow device.platform_data might move into
> the platform_device.  The problem with that idea is that it's
> a general purpose hook, and is used by other busses to provide
> board-specific configuration data ... not just for platform_bus.

It is?  What other busses do this?  And why, can't they use their own
bus private data pointers?

thanks,

greg k-h
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