Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 06/10] net: korina: Only pass mac address via platform data

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 01:30:04 +0200

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 01:06:43AM +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> Get rid of access to struct korina_device by just passing the mac
> address via platform data and use drvdata for passing netdev to remove
> function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/mips/rb532/devices.c     |  5 +++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/korina.c | 11 ++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/rb532/devices.c b/arch/mips/rb532/devices.c
> index dd34f1b32b79..5fc3c8ee4f31 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/rb532/devices.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/rb532/devices.c
> @@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ static struct platform_device korina_dev0 = {
>  	.name = "korina",
>  	.resource = korina_dev0_res,
>  	.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(korina_dev0_res),
> +	.dev = {
> +		.platform_data = &korina_dev0_data.mac,
> +	}

This is a bit unusual. Normally you define a structure in
include/linux/platform/data/koriana.h, and use that.

What about the name? "korina0" How is that passed?

     Andrew