[PATCH] of: provide of_platform_unpopulate()

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 07/21/2013 04:42 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> Wouldn't the correct fix be to call insert_resource somehow?

Yes unless there was a reason this wasn't done in the first place.

> The problem
> I have is that while of_platform_populate is all about parsing the DT
> and creating devices, the removal side has nothing to do with DT. So
> this should not be in the DT code. I think the core device code should
> be able to handle removal if the device creation side is done correctly.

If there is no need to use the special removal function (in case we add
insert_ressource) then yes. What about a pointer in
of_platform_populate()'s comment referring to the removal function?

> 
> It looks to me like of_device_add either needs to call
> platform_device_add rather than device_add. I think the device name
> setting in platform_device_add should be a nop. If not, a check that the
> name is already set could be added.

It does actually the same thing as platform_device_add except the
"dynamic device id" and the resource insert if I remember correctly. If
you guys prefer the platdorm_device_add() path including
insert_ressource() I can try this.

> 
> Rob

Sebastian