On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 01:52:49PM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote: > On 14/08/2019 12:46, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote: > >On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:40:34 +0100 > >Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandaga...@linaro.org> wrote: > >>On 09/08/2019 11:32, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote: > >>>nvmem_device_find provides a way to search for nvmem devices with > >>>the help of a match function simlair to bus_find_device. > >>> > >>>Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoer...@suse.de> > >>>--- > >>> drivers/nvmem/core.c | 62 > >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- > >>> include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h | 9 ++++++ > >>> 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) > >> > >>Have you considered using nvmem_register_notifier() ? > > > >yes, that was the first idea. But then I realized I need to build up > >a private database of information already present in nvmem bus. So I > >looked for a way to retrieve it from there. Unfortunately I couldn't > >use bus_find_device directly, because nvmem_bus_type and struct nvmem_device > >is hidden. So I refactured the lookup code and added a more universal > >lookup function, which fits my needs and should be usable for more. > I see your point. > > overall the patch as it is look good, but recently we added more generic > lookups for DT node, looks like part of your patch is un-doing generic > device name lookup. > > DT node match lookup is in > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git/log/?h=generic_lookup_helpers
these patches are not in Linus tree, yet. I guess they will show up in 5.4. No idea how to deal with it right now, do you ? > Other missing bit is adding this api to documentation in > ./Documentation/driver-api/nvmem.rst ok, will do. Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessarily a good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]
