[PATCH v6 3/5] watchdog: at91sam9_wdt: add device tree support

Fabio Porcedda fabio.porcedda at gmail.com
Wed Oct 3 12:32:53 EDT 2012


On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote:
>> I was thinking to add a more generic helper function like this:
>>
>> static inline void watchdog_get_dttimeout(struct device_node *node,
>> u32 *timeout)
>> {
>>       if (node)
>>               of_property_read_u32(node, "timeout", &wdd->timeout);
>> }
>
> You forgot to change the function signature.
>
> Also, if you are adding a generic function, it should be a generic
> function for the framework. All drivers should be slowly moving
> towards the framework, so adding functions which help you not move
> towards the framework are wrong.

Maybe i can use a framework specific function and use a dummy
watchdog_device for
the non framerwork drivers.

If it's ok i will send an updated patch.

Best regards and thanks for the review.
-- 
Fabio Porcedda



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