linux/arch/avr32
Kay Sievers 5f6333bd6e avr: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
(I did not compile or test it, please let me know, or help fixing
 it, if something is wrong with the conversion)

This patch is part of a larger patch series which will remove
the "char bus_id[20]" name string from struct device. The device
name is managed in the kobject anyway, and without any size
limitation, and just needlessly copied into "struct device".

To set and read the device name dev_name(dev) and dev_set_name(dev)
must be used. If your code uses static kobjects, which it shouldn't
do, "const char *init_name" can be used to statically provide the
name the registered device should have. At registration time, the
init_name field is cleared, to enforce the use of dev_name(dev) to
access the device name at a later time.

We need to get rid of all occurrences of bus_id in the entire tree
to be able to enable the new interface. Please apply this patch,
and possibly convert any remaining remaining occurrences of bus_id.

We want to submit a patch to -next, which will remove bus_id from
"struct device", to find the remaining pieces to convert, and finally
switch over to the new api, which will remove the 20 bytes array
and does no longer have a size limitation.

Thanks,
Kay

From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Subject: avr: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()

Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@atmel.com>
2009-01-05 10:29:35 +01:00
..
boards Merge branches 'boards' and 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hskinnemoen/avr32-2.6 2008-10-23 15:24:10 +02:00
boot avr32: add .gitignore files 2008-09-19 18:21:29 +02:00
configs avr32: Add defconfig for the favr-32 board 2008-10-14 13:22:19 +02:00
include/asm container freezer: add TIF_FREEZE flag to all architectures 2008-10-20 08:52:33 -07:00
kernel avr32: Introducing asm/syscalls.h 2008-12-17 13:32:38 +01:00
lib avr32: add generic_find_next_le_bit bit function 2008-09-19 18:21:30 +02:00
mach-at32ap avr: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() 2009-01-05 10:29:35 +01:00
mm avr32: Introducing asm/syscalls.h 2008-12-17 13:32:38 +01:00
oprofile Add kernel support for oprofile callgraphs on AVR32 2008-09-22 09:51:01 +02:00
Kconfig Merge branches 'boards' and 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hskinnemoen/avr32-2.6 2008-10-23 15:24:10 +02:00
Kconfig.debug [AVR32] Include instrumentation menu 2008-01-25 08:31:40 +01:00
Makefile avr32: Add MIMC200 board support 2008-10-13 16:36:25 +02:00