Re: [PATCH] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent

2012-12-05 Thread Grant Likely
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 18:30:37 -0800, Stepan Moskovchenko wrote: > In some situations, userspace may want to resolve a > device by function and logical number (ie, "serial0") > rather than by the base address or full device path. Being > able to resolve a device by alias frees userspace from the >

Re: [PATCH] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent

2012-12-05 Thread Grant Likely
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 18:30:37 -0800, Stepan Moskovchenko step...@codeaurora.org wrote: In some situations, userspace may want to resolve a device by function and logical number (ie, serial0) rather than by the base address or full device path. Being able to resolve a device by alias frees

[PATCH] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent

2012-12-04 Thread Stepan Moskovchenko
In some situations, userspace may want to resolve a device by function and logical number (ie, "serial0") rather than by the base address or full device path. Being able to resolve a device by alias frees userspace from the burden of otherwise having to maintain a mapping between device addresses

[PATCH] of: Output devicetree alias names in uevent

2012-12-04 Thread Stepan Moskovchenko
In some situations, userspace may want to resolve a device by function and logical number (ie, serial0) rather than by the base address or full device path. Being able to resolve a device by alias frees userspace from the burden of otherwise having to maintain a mapping between device addresses