[RFC PATCH 02/13] misc: atmel_ssc: keep the count of pdev->id

[Richard Genoud]

2013/7/2 Bo Shen <voice.shen at atmel.com>:
> Hi Richard,
>
>
> On 7/1/2013 16:39, Richard Genoud wrote:
>>
>> With device tree, pdev->id is always -1, so we introduce a local
>> counter.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c |    7 +++++++
>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c b/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
>> index 3afbd82..d1ec5ab 100644
>> --- a/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
>> @@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ out:
>>         return err;
>>   }
>>
>> +/* counter of ssc devive instances.
>> + * With device tree pdev->id is always -1, so we have to keep the
>> + * count ourselves
>> + */
>> +static int ssc_device_id;
>
>
> Do we really need this? If Yes, would it better to get from device through
> of_alias_get_id?

you're right, it seems that we don't need that anymore.

thanks !

Richard.