Re: [REPOST][PATCH 2/2] driver core: platform: allow platform drivers to bind to any device

2013-12-19 Thread Scott Wood
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 12:44 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 02:29:21PM -0600, Scott Wood wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 17:03 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 12:34:54PM +, Kim Phillips wrote: > > > > diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.

Re: [REPOST][PATCH 2/2] driver core: platform: allow platform drivers to bind to any device

2013-12-19 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 02:29:21PM -0600, Scott Wood wrote: > On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 17:03 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 12:34:54PM +, Kim Phillips wrote: > > > Platform drivers such as the vfio-platform "meta-" driver [1] > > > should be allowed to specify that th

Re: [REPOST][PATCH 2/2] driver core: platform: allow platform drivers to bind to any device

2013-12-19 Thread Scott Wood
On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 17:03 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 12:34:54PM +, Kim Phillips wrote: > > Platform drivers such as the vfio-platform "meta-" driver [1] > > should be allowed to specify that they can bind to any device, > > much like PCI drivers can with PCI_AN

Re: [REPOST][PATCH 2/2] driver core: platform: allow platform drivers to bind to any device

2013-12-18 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 12:34:54PM +, Kim Phillips wrote: > Platform drivers such as the vfio-platform "meta-" driver [1] > should be allowed to specify that they can bind to any device, > much like PCI drivers can with PCI_ANY_ID. > > Currently, binding platform drivers to devices depends on:

[REPOST][PATCH 2/2] driver core: platform: allow platform drivers to bind to any device

2013-12-03 Thread Kim Phillips
Platform drivers such as the vfio-platform "meta-" driver [1] should be allowed to specify that they can bind to any device, much like PCI drivers can with PCI_ANY_ID. Currently, binding platform drivers to devices depends on: - a string match in the device node's compatible entry (OF) - a string