checking status semantics with compatible functions

[Kumar Gala]

[Adding proper lists on CC]

- k

On Mar 30, 2011, at 3:07 AM, Kumar Gala wrote:

> Grant,
> 
> We have a few helper functions like:
> 
> drivers/of/base.c:EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_device_is_compatible);
> drivers/of/base.c:EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_compatible_node);
> 
> That we use in places like arch/powerpc/platform/85xx/mpc85xx_ds.c:
> 
>        for_each_node_by_type(np, "pci") {
>                if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "fsl,mpc8540-pci") ||
>                    of_device_is_compatible(np, "fsl,mpc8548-pcie") ||
>                    of_device_is_compatible(np, "fsl,p2020-pcie")) {
> 
> It seems like we should check 'status' in these cases with 'of_device_is_available'.  I'm thinking that we should have versions of the helpers that also do the 'of_device_is_available' checking.  Or should we just change the helpers to call of_device_is_available?
> 
> - k
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