Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] platform: Fix platform device resource linking | From | Pantelis Antoniou <> | Date | Fri, 4 Jan 2013 00:43:46 +0200 |
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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?
> thanks, > > greg k-h
Regards
-- Pantelis
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