[RFC v3 08/13] ahci-platform: Allow specifying platform_data through of_device_id

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Jan 20 04:57:28 EST 2014


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:17:24AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently working on a slightly different implementation of a more
> generic ahci_platform.c where ahci_platform.c exports some standard platform
> related functionality as library functions.
> 
> Drivers which need to override some of ahci_platform.c's behavior because of
> non standard hw, will then export their own struct platform_driver and can
> call into the exported functions for standard stuff to avoid code duplication
> where appropriate, while still having 100% freedom to do things in a custom
> way where necessary.

Nice, thanks.

> 
> I hope to post a PATCH RFC v4 with these changes later today, which you will
> hopefully like better. Input on v4, even just a "yep better" remark would be
> much appreciated.

Yes, I will give feedback on v4.

Sascha

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