[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 04/29] stdio: Pass device pointer to stdio methods
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Sat Jul 26 17:03:32 CEST 2014
On 23 July 2014 13:54, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> At present stdio device functions do not get any clue as to which stdio
> device is being acted on. Some implementations go to great lengths to work
> around this, such as defining a whole separate set of functions for each
> possible device.
>
> For driver model we need to associate a stdio_dev with a device. It doesn't
> seem possible to continue with this work-around approach.
>
> Instead, add a stdio_dev pointer to each of the stdio member functions.
>
> Note: The serial drivers have the same problem, but it is not strictly
> necessary to fix that to get driver model running. Also, if we convert
> serial over to driver model the problem will go away.
>
> Code size increases by 244 bytes for Thumb2 and 428 for PowerPC.
>
> 22: stdio: Pass device pointer to stdio methods
> arm: (for 2/2 boards) all +244.0 bss -4.0 text +248.0
> powerpc: (for 1/1 boards) all +428.0 text +428.0
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> Reviewed-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
Applied to dm/master.
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