[PATCH 1/3] net: smc1111: allow platform specific accessors

[robert.jarzmik at free.fr]

----- Mail original -----
De: "Sascha Hauer" <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
À: "Robert Jarzmik" <robert.jarzmik at free.fr>
Cc: barebox at lists.infradead.org
Envoyé: Jeudi 29 Janvier 2015 10:47:20
Objet: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: smc1111: allow platform specific accessors

> Yeah I know, connecting the 91c111 inspired the board designers to many
> funny things. Passing function pointers in platform_data is not very
> future proof since this doesn't work with device tree. I see that the
> Linux driver has device tree support. Does this binding work for you?

Well, it can't, because lubbock doesn't support device-tree yet, it's on
my todo list for the kernel (and barebox of course). That means there is
no way to even build a device-tree enabled kernel for lubbock ... yet.

Now the binding would work with :
 - the address shift being declared (as in kernel driver)
 - a set of 16 bit accessors being declared in barebox's smcs9111.c
   driver (and not in platform specific accessors)

Would you rather have me change the approach with a new set of accessor
in smcs9111.c, and the shift as a parameter (both platform_data and device-
tree) ?

Cheers.

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Robert