Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: shmobile: R8A7779: add Ether support

From: [email-masked] (Sergei Shtylyov)
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:45:12 +0400

Hello.

On 02-04-2013 4:17, Kuninori Morimoto wrote:

>> +void __init r8a7779_add_ether_device(void *pdata)
>> +{
>> +	ether_device.dev.platform_data = pdata;
>> +
>> +	platform_device_register(&ether_device);
>> +}

> Current ARM SoC is trying to not use platform_device_register()
> Please use platform_device_register_xxx()
> Same comment for [2/2]

    Is there some rationale to it? I don't find platform_device_register_xxx()
especially handy to use.

WBR, Sergei