[PATCH 1/4] driver: allow register device with specific id

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 15:54 Fri 17 Sep     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 03:50:37PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > On 15:45 Fri 17 Sep     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > > Hi J,
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 01:27:37PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > if you specify id = 0 the next available id will be taken
> > > > otherwise fail if already registered
> > > 
> > > I think we need a better solution here. Being able to specify an id
> > > is a good idea in general, but since 0 is a valid id we should be able
> > > to specify exactly this id aswell.
> > > An idea is to use -1 for a dynamic id, but of course this needs changes
> > > to all existing devices.
> > I prefer to do it a second step
> > in this case
> 
> I prefer doing it first, because it makes sure the problem is getting
> solved.
I prefer to do a second incremental patch

Best Regards,
J.