Re: [PATCH next 1/2] gpio: pca953x: Get platform_data fromOpenFirmware

From: Nate Case
Date: Wed Jun 10 2009 - 19:40:56 EST


On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 17:51 -0500, Nate Case wrote:
> On OpenFirmware platforms, it makes the most sense to get
> platform_data
> from the device tree. Make an attempt to translate OF node properties
> into platform_data struct before bailing out.
>
> Note that the implementation approach taken differs from other device
> drivers that make use of device tree information. This is because I2C
> chips are already registered automatically by of_i2c, so we can get by
> with a small translator function in the driver.

Hmm.. this patch doesn't show up in patchwork. Did it get missed
somehow?

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Nate Case <ncase@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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