Hi Andy
On 30/03/2021 10:26, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> + { .pointer = &SOFTWARE_NODE_REFERENCE(_ref_, ##__VA_ARGS__), }, \
>> What are the .args intended to be used for? I actually had it in mind to
>> replace this with a simple pointer to a struct software_node, because I
>> can't see any users of them and the fact that it's actually storing a
>> pointer to a new variable is something that confused me for a good long
>> time when I wrote the cio2-bridge (though that's mostly due to my
>> relative inexperience of course, but still)
> It's to be in align with DT phandle references that can take arguments. While
> for now, indeed, we have no users of this, it might be changed in the future
> (I hadn't checked DesignWare DMA where I would like to transform the code to
> use device properties eventually and there it might be the case).
Ah yeah I see - haven't come across phandles before but having looked
them up now I see what this is meant to emulate. Consistency is good; in
that case, for this and 6/6:
Reviewed-by: Daniel Scally <djrsca...@gmail.com>
and
Tested-by: Daniel Scally <djrsca...@gmail.com>
>
