[PATCH 3.6.0-rc5] dt: introduce of_get_child to get child node by name.

[Stephen Warren]

On 09/13/2012 05:10 AM, Srinivas KANDAGATLA wrote:
> From: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla at st.com>
> 
> This patch introduces of_get_child function to get a child node by its
> name in a given parent node.
> 
> Without this patch each driver code has to iterate the parent and do
> a string compare, However having of_get_child libary function would
> avoid code duplication, errors and is more convenient.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla at st.com>

You forgot to Cc the drivers/of maintainers, Grant and Rob. I have here.

I can certainly see a use for this in many places; the "runtime
interpreted power sequences" patch, and the regulator DT parsing code at
least both could benefit from this.