[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 07/18] core: device: Add dev_get_by_ofname function

[Stefan Roese]

On 11.01.2017 16:00, Mario Six wrote:
> On boards that use DM, it is sometimes convenient and quicker to get a device
> via its device tree path, since the devices used in the board initialization
> routines are usually known beforehand.
>
> This patch adds such a convenience function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mario Six <mario.six at gdsys.cc>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>
> New in v2
> ---
>  drivers/core/device.c | 7 +++++++
>  include/dm/device.h   | 8 ++++++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/core/device.c b/drivers/core/device.c
> index ed553d7..39d30b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/core/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/core/device.c
> @@ -627,6 +627,13 @@ const char *dev_get_uclass_name(struct udevice *dev)
>  	return dev->uclass->uc_drv->name;
>  }
>
> +void dev_get_by_ofname(char *ofname, struct udevice *dev)
> +{
> +	int offset = fdt_path_offset(gd->fdt_blob, ofname);
> +
> +	device_get_global_by_of_offset(offset, &dev);
> +}
> +
>  fdt_addr_t dev_get_addr_index(struct udevice *dev, int index)
>  {
>  #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_CONTROL) && !CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA)
> diff --git a/include/dm/device.h b/include/dm/device.h
> index 9948bd4..402482c 100644
> --- a/include/dm/device.h
> +++ b/include/dm/device.h
> @@ -340,6 +340,14 @@ enum uclass_id device_get_uclass_id(struct udevice *dev);
>  const char *dev_get_uclass_name(struct udevice *dev);
>
>  /**
> + * dev_get_by_ofname() - find a device via its device tree path
> + *
> + * @ofname: Device tree path to use ("/path1/path2/...")
> + * @dev:    The found device or NULL
> + */
> +void dev_get_by_ofname(char *ofname, struct udevice *dev);

I'm not 100% sure if the function naming is perfect here. Usually
these dev_get_xxx function work on a "dev" provided by the caller
and return something else (addr, size). The functions returning a
"device" are called device_get_xxx. And perhaps its also better stick 
with using "struct udevice **devp" as parameter for
consistency as the other device_ functions do.

Simon, what do you think?

Thanks,
Stefan