Re: [PATCH 3/4] pinctrl: Don't copy pin names when registering them

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Thu Oct 20 2011 - 05:45:41 EST


On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A pin controller's names array is no longer marked __refdata. Hence, we
> can avoid copying a pin's name into the descriptor when registering it.
> Instead, just point at the string supplied in the pin array.
>
> This both simplifies and speeds up pin controller initialization, but
> also removes the hard-coded maximum pin name length.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.
Linus Walleij
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