Re: [PATCH] of: address: Don't fail a lookup just because a nodehas no reg property

[Lee Jones]

On 05/07/12 15:57, Rob Herring wrote:
> On 07/05/2012 09:32 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> > Sometimes it doesn't make any sense for a node to have an address.
> > In this case device lookup will always be unsuccessful because we
> > currently assume every node will have a reg property. This patch
> > changes the semantics so that the resource address and the lookup
> > address will only be compared if one exists.
> >
> > Things like AUXDATA() rely on of_dev_lookup to return the lookup
> > entry of a particular device in order to do things like apply
> > platform_data to a device. However, this is currently broken for
> > nodes which do not have a reg property, meaning that platform_data
> > can not be passed in those cases.
> >
> > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Acked-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Do you have something dependent on this or want me to apply?

I have things that require this patch yes. Please apply.

Thanks Rob.

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