While platform_device.id is a u32, platform_device_add() handles "-1" as a special id value. This has potential for confusion and bugs. Making it an int instead should prevent problems from happening in the future.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- I still believe that we can further clean up this area, but that will do for now. drivers/base/platform.c | 7 ++++--- include/linux/platform_device.h | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.23-rc5.orig/drivers/base/platform.c 2007-07-09 14:49:46.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc5/drivers/base/platform.c 2007-09-09 12:15:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void platform_device_release(stru * the device isn't being dynamically allocated as a legacy "probe the * hardware" driver, infrastructure code should reverse this marking. */ -struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, unsigned int id) +struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id) { struct platform_object *pa; @@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ int platform_device_add(struct platform_ pdev->dev.bus = &platform_bus_type; if (pdev->id != -1) - snprintf(pdev->dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s.%u", pdev->name, pdev->id); + snprintf(pdev->dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s.%d", pdev->name, + pdev->id); else strlcpy(pdev->dev.bus_id, pdev->name, BUS_ID_SIZE); @@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregi * the Linux driver model. In particular, when such drivers are built * as modules, they can't be "hotplugged". */ -struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, unsigned int id, +struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, int id, struct resource *res, unsigned int num) { struct platform_device *pdev; --- linux-2.6.23-rc5.orig/include/linux/platform_device.h 2007-02-04 19:44:54.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc5/include/linux/platform_device.h 2007-09-09 12:15:41.000000000 +0200 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct platform_device { const char * name; - u32 id; + int id; struct device dev; u32 num_resources; struct resource * resource; @@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ extern struct resource *platform_get_res extern int platform_get_irq_byname(struct platform_device *, char *); extern int platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **, int); -extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *, unsigned int, struct resource *, unsigned int); +extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *, int id, + struct resource *, unsigned int); -extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, unsigned int id); +extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id); extern int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev, struct resource *res, unsigned int num); extern int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev, const void *data, size_t size); extern int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev); -- Jean Delvare - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/