[PATCH 2/5] remoteproc: core: Add rproc OF look-up functions

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Tue 10 May 07:16 PDT 2016, Lee Jones wrote:

> On Fri, 06 May 2016, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> 
> > On Thu 05 May 06:29 PDT 2016, Lee Jones wrote:
> > 
> > > - of_rproc_byindex(): look-up and obtain a reference to a rproc
> > >   		      using the DT phandle "rprocs" and a index.
> > > 
> > > - of_rproc_byname():  lookup and obtain a reference to a rproc
> > >   		      using the DT phandle "rprocs" and "rproc-names".
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ludovic Barre <ludovic.barre at st.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
> > > ---
> > 
> > I like the idea of having these helpers, but we already have
> > rproc_get_by_phandle() so these helpers should be built upon that rather
> > than adding the additional list.
> 
> Since this is a framework consideration, don't you think it would be
> better to standardise the phandle name?  This is common practice when
> coding at a subsystem level.  Some in use examples include; "clocks",
> "power-domains", "mboxes", "dmas", "phys", "resets", "gpios", etc.
> 
> Considering the aforementioned examples, I figured "rprocs" would be
> suitable.
> 

To summarize our chat for the record and others.


I'm definitely in favour of this and think "rprocs" and "rproc-names"
sounds good.  My comment was only regarding the duplicated
implementation.

Regards,
Bjorn