The current macro is a misnomer since it does not declare a device
directly. Instead, it declares driver_info record which U-Boot uses at
runtime to create a device.
The distinction seems somewhat minor most of the time, but is becomes
quite confusing when we actually want to declare a device, with
of-platdata. We are left trying to distinguish between a device which
isn't actually device, and a device that is (perhaps an 'instance'?)
It seems better to rename this macro to describe what it actually is. The
macros is not widely used, since boards should use devicetree to declare
devices.
Rename it to U_BOOT_DRVINFO(), which indicates clearly that this is
declaring a new driver_info record, not a device.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
This name is far too long. Rename it to remove the 'data' bits. This makes
it consistent with the platdata->plat rename.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
We use 'priv' for private data but often use 'platdata' for platform data.
We can't really use 'pdata' since that is ambiguous (it could mean private
or platform data).
Rename some of the latter variables to end with 'plat' for consistency.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
This construct is quite long-winded. In earlier days it made some sense
since auto-allocation was a strange concept. But with driver model now
used pretty universally, we can shorten this to 'auto'. This reduces
verbosity and makes it easier to read.
Coincidentally it also ensures that every declaration is on one line,
thus making dtoc's job easier.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
At present a device can read its ofdata before its parent has done the
same. This can cause problems in the case where the parent has a 'ranges'
property, thus affecting the operation of dev_read_addr(), for example.
We already probe parent devices before children so it does not seem to be
a large step to do the same with ofdata.
Make the change and update the documentation in this area.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Ley Foon Tan <ley.foon.tan@intel.com>
Convert plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add
it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.
Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
2019-07-24 10:07:24 -04:00
Renamed from doc/driver-model/README.txt (Browse further)
