[PATCH v2 1/3] of: add common OF-based component functionality

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 10:29:40AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Russell King <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> > Add common OF-based component functionality for matching devices by
> > device node, and releasing the device node at the appropraite time.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>
> > ---
> >  drivers/of/Makefile          |  2 +-
> >  drivers/of/of_component.c    | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/of_component.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 
> I'd prefer this to go into drivers/base/component.c. That's the
> general direction we've been moving.

I'd prefer not to, I don't want to turn the component helpers into
something OF specific.  They aren't OF specific.

> I'd expect this would cause some build failures unless the cases you
> converted all depend on CONFIG_OF.

Okay, I'll stick with v1 then, and the duplication that v1 involves.

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