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SubjectRe: [PATCH] platform: Fix platform device resource linking
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 12:43:46AM +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On Jan 4, 2013, at 12:40 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 12:31:10AM +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> >> Platform device removal uncovered a number of problems with
> >> the way resources are handled in the core platform code.
> >>
> >> Resources now form child/parent linkages and this requires
> >> proper linking of the resources. On top of that the OF core
> >> directly creates it's own platform devices. Simplify things
> >> by providing helper functions that manage the linking properly.
> >>
> >> Two functions are provided:
> >>
> >> platform_device_link_resources(), which links all the
> >> linkable resources (if not already linked).
> >>
> >> and platform_device_unlink_resources(), which unlinks all the
> >> resources.
> >
> > Who would call these functions, and why?
> >
> > And why have we never seen problems with removing platform devices
> > previously?
> >
>
> Have you tried removing devices that were created via DT and
> not using platform data?

Don't you think that answering two questions with another question as
something that isn't very helpful? :)

Dropped from my queue, please resend when you can provide the needed
information.

thanks,

greg k-h


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