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authorMark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>2010-08-16 18:42:58 +0100
committerMark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>2010-08-16 18:42:58 +0100
commite4862f2f6f5653dfb67f3ba2b6f0bc74516ed51a (patch)
tree1db5a0540a4eecfad9b7daee476b985e82ddc810 /include/linux/platform_device.h
parentec62dbd7eb8e3dddb221da89ecbcea0fc3dee8c1 (diff)
parentb2c1e07b81a126e5846dfc3d36f559d861df59f4 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' into for-2.6.37
Fairly simple conflicts, the most serious ones are the i.MX ones which I suspect now need another rename. Conflicts: arch/arm/mach-mx2/clock_imx27.c arch/arm/mach-mx2/devices.c arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-rx51-peripherals.c arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-zoom2.c sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.h sound/soc/fsl/mpc8610_hpcd.c sound/soc/pxa/spitz.c
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/platform_device.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/platform_device.h62
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 5417944d368..d7ecad0093b 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -43,10 +43,64 @@ extern struct resource *platform_get_resource_byname(struct platform_device *, u
extern int platform_get_irq_byname(struct platform_device *, const char *);
extern int platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **, int);
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *, int id,
- const struct resource *, unsigned int);
-extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(struct device *,
- const char *, int, const void *, size_t);
+extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_resndata(
+ struct device *parent, const char *name, int id,
+ const struct resource *res, unsigned int num,
+ const void *data, size_t size);
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_register_simple - add a platform-level device and its resources
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ * @res: set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
+ * @num: number of resources
+ *
+ * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
+ * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
+ * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
+ * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * This interface is primarily intended for use with legacy drivers which
+ * probe hardware directly. Because such drivers create sysfs device nodes
+ * themselves, rather than letting system infrastructure handle such device
+ * enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model.
+ * In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be
+ * "hotplugged".
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ */
+static inline struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(
+ const char *name, int id,
+ const struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
+{
+ return platform_device_register_resndata(NULL, name, id,
+ res, num, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * platform_device_register_data - add a platform-level device with platform-specific data
+ * @parent: parent device for the device we're adding
+ * @name: base name of the device we're adding
+ * @id: instance id
+ * @data: platform specific data for this platform device
+ * @size: size of platform specific data
+ *
+ * This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal
+ * resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory
+ * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
+ * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
+ * dropped.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ */
+static inline struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
+ struct device *parent, const char *name, int id,
+ const void *data, size_t size)
+{
+ return platform_device_register_resndata(parent, name, id,
+ NULL, 0, data, size);
+}
extern struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id);
extern int platform_device_add_resources(struct platform_device *pdev,