Re: [PATCH v3] hwspinlock/msm: Add support for Qualcomm MSM HWMutex block

[Pawel Moll]

On Fri, 2013-08-16 at 23:54 +0100, Stephen Warren wrote:
> Indeed, I tend to think that reg-names is a bad idea.
> 
> IIRC, the rule for "reg" is that entries must always have a defined
> order, so that it can always be accessed by integer index. 

First time I hear about that rule, really...

> And given
> that's true, allowing for reg-names just creates confusion since it
> implies you can look up the index in reg-names and then read reg at that
> index.

I actually believe that named resources leave less are for error than
indexed ones. And this is the message I remember being "spread" in the
times of static platform devices.

Pawel


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