Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] hwspinlock/msm: Add support for Qualcomm MSM HW Mutex block | From | Pawel Moll <> | Date | Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:12:55 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2013-08-16 at 23:54 +0100, Stephen Warren wrote: > Indeed, I tend to think that reg-names is a bad idea. > > IIRC, the rule for "reg" is that entries must always have a defined > order, so that it can always be accessed by integer index.
First time I hear about that rule, really...
> And given > that's true, allowing for reg-names just creates confusion since it > implies you can look up the index in reg-names and then read reg at that > index.
I actually believe that named resources leave less are for error than indexed ones. And this is the message I remember being "spread" in the times of static platform devices.
Pawel
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