[PATCH 3/4] add rtas_service_present() helper

Michael Ellerman michael at ellerman.id.au
Thu Dec 7 13:51:33 EST 2006


On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 18:50 -0600, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> To test for the existence of an RTAS function, we typically do:
> 
>    foo_token = rtas_token("foo");
>    if (foo_token == RTAS_UNKNOWN_SERVICE)
>       return;
> 
> Add a rtas_service_present method, which provides a more conventional
> boolean interface for testing the existence of an RTAS method.


I like it a lot ..

But should it be called rtas_token_present() ? :D

cheers

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