[PATCH 4/8] of/base.c: export property access/modification functions

[Stephen Neuendorffer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: glikely at secretlab.ca [mailto:glikely at secretlab.ca] On Behalf Of
Grant Likely
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:34 AM
> To: Stephen Neuendorffer
> Cc: devicetree-discuss at lists.ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] of/base.c: export property
access/modification functions
> 
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Stephen Neuendorffer
> <stephen.neuendorffer at xilinx.com> wrote:
> > These functions can be usefully used by device drivers.
> 
> I'd like a little more description of the intended use case.  What are
> the circumstances where a driver needs to modify the data (this
> information should be part of the patch description)?

The PCIPR driver code needs to stuff the ranges property using these
calls...
I admit I'm somewhat nervous about making changes to the device tree
after 
struct device objects are generated, but don't see a way to go about
what needs
to be done simply without these EXPORTS.

Steve


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