Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] device property: Implement device_is_big_endian()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Nov 02 2023 - 11:34:04 EST


On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 03:27:30PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 07:25:35AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 09:42:57PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > Some users want to use the struct device pointer to see if the
> > > device is big endian in terms of Open Firmware specifications,
> > > i.e. if it has a "big-endian" property, or if the kernel was
> > > compiled for BE *and* the device has a "native-endian" property.
> > >
> > > Provide inline helper for the users.
> >
> > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thank you, Greg.
>
> Bart, would it be still possible to take this into next?
> I would like to have at least this patch applied (with the first user)
> to allow conversion of others (I have some more users of new API).

Okay, seems we missed v6.7 with this, can you then prepare an immutable
branch / tag with this, so other maintainers can pull in case it's needed?
(I have something against tty already and perhaps something else, let's
see.)

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko