[PATCH v2] mtd: dataflash: add device tree probe support

Shawn Guo shawn.guo at freescale.com
Wed Jul 20 15:28:24 EST 2011


On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 08:17:45AM +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 12:55 +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 07:40:38AM +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 12:49 +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > > > > > +static const struct of_device_id dataflash_dt_ids[] = {
> > > > > > +	{ .compatible = "atmel,at45xxx", },
> > > > > > +	{ .compatible = "atmel,dataflash", },
> > > > > > +	{ /* sentinel */ }
> > > > > > +};
> > > > > > +
> > > > > 
> > > > > This should be protected with a #ifdef CONFIG_OF/#else/#endif, and
> > > > > there should be a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE().
> > > > > 
> > > > I personally hate #ifdef stuff.  But okay, I can do it since there
> > > > are people being concerned by this little waste of space.
> > > 
> > > I guess the question is - will it compile and work if CONFIG_OF is
> > > unset?
> > > 
> > Yes, it will compile, as 'struct of_device_id' is defined in
> > include/linux/mod_devicetable.h unconditionally.
> 
> And it will work correctly even though dataflash_dt_ids is not NULL, it
> will not confuse MTD layer?
> 
I think for non-dt case, dataflash_dt_ids is not used anyway.  So yes,
it will not confuse MTD layer, at least from my testing.

-- 
Regards,
Shawn



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