linux/drivers/regulator
Kay Sievers 812460a927 regulator: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
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: regulator: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()

Cc: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-Off-By: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>

Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
2009-01-08 20:10:29 +00:00
..
bq24022.c regulator: core - Rework machine API to remove string based functions. 2008-10-13 21:51:50 +01:00
core.c regulator: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name() 2009-01-08 20:10:29 +00:00
da903x.c regulator: da903x regulator bug fix 2008-10-30 15:31:35 +00:00
fixed.c regulator: add support for fixed regulators. 2008-07-30 10:10:21 +01:00
Kconfig regulator: Use menuconfig in Kconfig 2008-11-09 14:49:23 +00:00
Makefile da903x: add regulator support for DA9030/DA9034 2008-10-13 21:51:57 +01:00
virtual.c regulator: regulator test harness 2008-07-30 10:10:21 +01:00
wm8350-regulator.c mfd: Support configurable numbers of DCDCs and ISINKs on WM8350 2009-01-04 12:17:42 +01:00
wm8400-regulator.c regulator: Add WM8400 regulator support 2008-10-13 21:51:53 +01:00